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).
Medical press
- 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'
