Why it’s so expensive to see a doctor
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Are We Going to See the Kind of Changes That Will Help Someone Like Emma?
We're yet to see the final report, so we don't know what will be suggested formally. The general practitioners who sit on that task force are insistent that any funding model changes must retain the centrality of the GP. There is some anxiety from the RACGP, for instance, that by opening up patients to go see a pharmacist,. for instance, a podiatrist is that the GP's role as conductor in the patient's experience of the health system is diluted. So I'm very curious to see what this report will suggest and then what the budget will offer later in the year.
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