GP Role Must Not Be Watered Down: AMA

by Sreeraman on  August 31, 2009 at 3:55 PM General Health News
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Dr Pesce said the Government strategy must be to strengthen the GP-led model of primary care services by:

  • Increasing GP training numbers;
  • Increasing support for GP practice nurses who already work in collaboration with doctors;
  • Allowing existing practices to  access funding to support new infrastructure that they can use to deliver a wider range of multidisciplinary services as well as teach and train the next generation of GPs;
  • Introducing properly funded and streamlined arrangements that allow GPs to refer patients to allied health professionals as part of a team-based approach to the management of chronic and complex disease;
  • Providing better support for GPs to access the right technologies in the care of their patients such as MRI and point of care testing; and
  • Recognising the role that GPs play in delivering preventive health care.


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