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Healthed
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After clawing its way up from rock bottom approval ratings in 2018, the College is still getting positive marks, but they’re steadily slipping.

Expert/s: Healthed
Ben Falkenmire
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Exhausted by full time GP work, Linda’s carved out a dual career as a medical writer.

Expert/s: Ben Falkenmire
Healthed
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The event was undoubtedly successful, but a significant number of GPs question its relevance to the urgent existential challenges that many in the profession are currently facing. This might explain why Healthed’s most recent survey of 1847 frontline GPs found that just 49 had attended the WONCA conference.

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Yasmin Clarke
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81% of GPs say the government made the wrong call, but only about half are convinced it was achieving its aims

Yasmin Clarke
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Some GPs do more than six hours of unpaid work in a week. We know from recent analysis that GPs contribute around 1.3 billion in unpaid work into the healthcare system each year.

Expert/s: Yasmin Clarke
Yasmin Clarke
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Over 90% of GPs want the government’s to examine underbilling and unpaid work by GPs, Healthed’s latest survey suggests

Expert/s: Yasmin Clarke
Dr Aajuli Shukla
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The last few weeks has seen the publication of claims in the mainstream media, primarily relying on a thesis by Dr Margaret Faux, that doctors are ‘rorting’ Medicare to the tune of 8 billion dollars.

Leigh Dayton
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Iron deficiency in heart failure is not only common but represents a serious risk of poorer outcomes. It may sound unlikely, but heart failure is increasingly being considered as a chronic inflammatory condition.

Expert/s: Leigh Dayton
Yasmin Clarke
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GPs seem less active in their social media use compared with the general Australian population, exclusive survey data reveals

Yasmin Clarke
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Social media and consumerism are major factors, one expert says.

Expert/s: Yasmin Clarke
Healthed
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A bombshell from the RACGP this week highlighted the financial pressures GPs are under, but what about rude and demanding patients and the perception of GPs as second-class citizens in a dysfunctional health system?

Expert/s: Healthed
Yasmin Clarke
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Increasingly difficult working conditions are pushing GPs out of the profession. Half of GPs recently surveyed by Healthed have seriously considered leaving general practice earlier than planned.

Expert/s: Yasmin Clarke