AMA - Private specialists must have access to public hospitals

This media release from the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) welcomes the Department of Health's support in adapting digital assignment of benefit forms for GPs undertaking bulk-billed telehealth consultations. This change will allow for better integration into general practice software and enable forms to be uploaded and pre-populated with patients’ details.

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This article, from the Sydney Morning Herald, looks at the nationwide shortage of pathologists and how this might be delaying pathology test results for patients. Workforce supply and workload could be improved by increasing the Medicare rebate for pathology services, by increasing funded Pathology training programs, and by adopting new technologies.

In this report we take a look at the latest registration data from the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) and compare quarterly figures over the past five years, from 2018 to 2023.