Media stories

Here are a selection of media stories about general practice.

The Australian

• Kevin Rudd will fall short on pledge to build medical super clinics (11 February 2010, external link).
• States waver on health pact (12 February 2010, external link).

Herald Sun (Victoria)

• Doctors stand firm over e-health costs (16 February 2010, external link).

The Age (Victoria)

• Doctors revolt on diabetes plan (12 July 2010, external link)
• Push for merger of GP practices (27 April 2010, external link).
• Rudd's big cash boost for GP training (16 March 2010, external link)

Sunday Age (Victoria)

• AMA Victoria's GP forum meeting on the national reform agenda and patient registration was reported on the front page of the Sunday Age, 25 October 2009. Read the story here. 
• Read the feature on family general practice here and the editorial here (external links).
• The report of the meeting can be found here.

The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW)

• GPs need respect (23 December 2009, external link).

The Sunday Telegraph (NSW)

• Medicare is hazardous to your wealth (21 June 2009, external link).

• AMA enlists patients support to stand up for GPs (Medical Observer, 23 July 2010, external link, log on required)
• Save the family doctor, AMA urges patients (Australian Doctor, 19 July 2010, external link, log on required)
• GPs reject diabetes plan: survey (Australian Doctor, 12 July 2010, external link, log on required)
• The $390m GP-nurse trade-off (Medical Observer, 11 June 2010, external link, log on required)
• Doctors push AMA to intensify reform attack (Medical Observer, 11 June 2010, external link, log on required)
• Pharmacy plans for health checks may undermine GPs (Medical Observer, 11 June 2010, external link, log on required)
• Beware the risk of 'script-owing' requests (Medical Observer, 11 June 2010, external link, log on required)
• Roxon rules out diabetes trial (Australian Doctor, 9 June 2010, external link, log on required)
• GPs push AMA to take hard line on health reforms (Medical Observer, 31 May 2010, external link, log on required)
• Poll: Nurse dollars fail to win over GPs (Australian Doctor, 26 May 2010, external link, log on required)
• Poll: GPs fail to see merits of Medicare Locals (Medical Observer, 28 May 2010, external link, log on required)
• AMA puts forward rival diabetes scheme (Australian Doctor, 3 May 2010, external link, log on required)
• POLL: Most GPs will snub diabetes scheme (Medical Observer, 30 April 2010, external link, log on required)
• Guess what's next? Primary care report cards (Medical Observer, 23 April 2010, external link, log on required)
• Editor's choice: Don't blame GPs (Australian Doctor, 22 April 2010, external link, log on required)
• GP aged care incentives to increase (Australian Doctor, 12 April 2010, external link, log on required)
• Primary Health Care Organisations to come from divisions network (Australian Doctor, 12 April 2010, external link, log on required)
• Neither here nor there (Australian Doctor, 7 April 2010, opinion piece, external link, log on required)
• Fundholding here we come? (Australian Doctor, 7 April 2010,  external link, log on required)
• Nurses, midwives to get MBS, PBS access (Australian Doctor, 16 March 2010, external link, log on required)
• Prevention the best cure for Australia's health woes (Australian Doctor, 12 March 2010, external link, log on required)
  
• Reform agenda: are doctors being usurped? (VicDoc, 1 March 2010)
• Take control: general practice (Australian Medicine, 15 February 2010)
  
• The state of general practice (Medical Observer, 8  February 2010)
• ACT GPs fight to overturn nurse practitioner approval (Medical Observer, 5 February 2010)
• Member profile: Steve Hambleton, Vice-President of Federal AMA (The NSW Doctor, February 2010)
• Taking general practice beyond the letters 'GP' (The NSW Doctor, February 2010)
• Matters of choice - patient registration (Australian Doctor, 14 January 2010, external link, log on required)
• GP unity on collaborative care (Australian Medicine, 14 December 2009)
• AMA (WA) survey shows depth of concern for general practice (Medicus November 2009)
• MBS failing patients (Australian Medicine, 2 November 2009
• GPs back national media campaign on reform (Medical Observer, 30 October 2009, external link, log on required)
• Government shifting on primary care reforms? (Australian Medicine 19 October 2009)
• Medicare rebate cuts hurting elderly Australians (Australian Medicine 19 October 2009)
• AMA forces changes on Medicare audits proposal (Australian Medicine 5 October 2009)
• GPs: the leaders in primary care (Australian Medicine 7 September 2009)
• AMA slams supermarket medicine (Australian Medicine 7 September 2009)
• Team based care is good patient care (Australian Medicine 7 September 2009)
• Government must respect and support general practice (Australian Medicine 21 September 2009)
• AMA anticipates key role in strategic approach to prevention (Australian Medicine 21 September 2009)
• Stronger role for GPs in primary care (Australian Medicine 21 September 2009)
• In an ideal world: The Government's Draft Strategy for Primary Health Care (Australian Medicine 21 September 2009)
• Avoiding unpaid accounts in general practice (Australian Medicine 17 August 2009)
• Integrated care: The GP is central (Australian Medicine 17 August 2009)
• New midwives', nurses' legislation could be a health hazard: AMA warns Senate Committee (Australian Medicine 17 August 2009)
• Rural health services: complete national blueprint needed (Australian Medicine 3 August 2009)
• AMA to promote core role of GPs in health reform (Australian Medicine 3 August 2009)
• Doctor's central role in patient care should drive health reforms (Australian Medicine 3 August 2009)
• AMA will fight for the central role of the GP (Australian Medicine 20 July 2009)
• Working with government for practical solutions (Australian Medicine 20 July 2009)
• 'Whole-of-patient' preventive care, GP has the key role: the AMA supports the GP (Australian Medicine 20 July 2009)
• Primary care 'cost-effective': OECD (Australian Medicine 20 July 2009)
• More med students give the nod to general practice (Australian Medicine 20 July 2009)
• e-Health: Australian GPs do well (Australian Medicine 20 July 2009)
• AMA: Further support for prevention needed (Australian Medicine 20 July 2009)
• Back for another term, back for more wins (Australian Medicine 20 July 2009)
• Importance of GPs highlighted (Australian Medicine 20 July 2009)
• Productivity Commission says it again: 'Cut the red tape'