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Dr Kate Walker, Chair of the RACGP’s Refugee Health Specific Interests network, has described the situation with refugee patients, ‘A humanitarian issue, not a political one’. (Image: Nick Ralph)
Dr Bastian Seidel is concerned the health of refugees and asylum seekers may be neglected without a doctor in the role of Chief Medical Officer. (Image: Hass Hassaballa)
Dr Evan Ackermann believes the fact there is no consensus on what constitutes a drug-related problem is a ‘methodologic weakness’ of studies into pharmacists’ role in general practice.
Dr Sean Stevens cites the opportunity to create a practice that reflects a GP’s own style and approach to healthcare as a major advantage of ownership.
The RACGP pilot is designed to assist GPs with working through the necessary regulations and requirements when returning to work.
Dr Nathan Pinskier, Chair of the RACGP Expert Committee on eHealth and Practice Systems, addressed the Select Committee on Red Tape in February.
Alcohol and illicit drugs were responsible for 6660 Australian deaths in 2011.
Gai Thompson, who was a member of the class action against mesh manufacturer Johnson & Johnson, has called the senate inquiry ‘a welcome step forward for sufferers like me’.
Digital data is vulnerable to natural disasters such as fire and flood, as well as digital-specific threats.
GP Dr Nick Martin found the bureaucracy involved in delivering healthcare to refugees and asylum seekers on Nauru makes it ‘a system designed to fail’.

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