General Practice
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Training: Quality? Quantity?
04 Oct 2010
By Dr Brian Morton A recent change to the PIP Training Incentive guidelines has highlighted a number of issues that impact on practices providing training to medical students, the... -
Practice nurses - time does count
18 Oct 2010
By Dr Brian Morton More information is becoming available about the Government’s new practice nurse measure and we have also had clarification on the role of the practice nurse... -
Let common sense prevail . . .
01 Nov 2010
By Dr Brian MortonIn the wake of the Government’s recent announcement that nurse practitioners would be paid MBS rebates almost equivalent to non-referred medical practitioner... -
Rekindling GP Referred MRI
15 Nov 2010
By Dr Brian Morton The AMA recently called a meeting with representatives from RACGP, ACRRM, RANZCR and RDAA to renew the call for GP-referred MRI. The AMA has also been in... -
Collaboration must be real
13 Dec 2010
By Dr Brian MortonAs I write this, the AMA is still awaiting clarification from the Minister for Health, Nicola Roxon, about the types of collaborative care arrangements that the...