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Subsidy To GPs To Hire Nurses Could Hamper Public Hospitals

by Gopalan on May 11, 2010 at 2:38 PM Nursing Profession News

The Australian government is moving for a steep increase in the subsidy payments to general practitioners to encourage them to hire nurses, but hospitals and aged-care facilities could be hit in the process.

Subsidy To GPs To Hire Nurses Could Hamper Public Hospitals

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There are currently nearly 9000 practice nurses nationally but the new measure could add several thousand more to that tally.

EVERY doctor's practice in the country will get its own nurse to help treat patients, make home visits, write prescriptions and co-ordinate follow-up care. General practice nursing can cover wound management, lifestyle management, aged care, mental health and infection control. Each GP will now become eligible for $25,000, worth up to $75,000 a year to a three-doctor practice, enough to hire a full-time nurse.

The move has been widely hailed. Leaders of the Australian Nursing Federation (ANF) and the Australian Practice Nurses Association (APNA) both welcomed the move yesterday. ANF national secretary Ged Kearney said there were about 30,000 to 40,000 nurses who were registered but not currently working in healthcare, and said she was "optimistic" many of these would be enticed back into the workforce.

According to the APNA, about 60 per cent of general practices employ a nurse, and it is the fastest growing area within the healthcare sector.
"Nurses enhance the practice and they can assist the doctors and free their time up so they can get on with what their priorities are," said nurse Narelle Smith who won the APNA�s best practice nurse award for immunisation last year.

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