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GP Link Lunches – Dr Michael Bonning

Dr Michael Bonning is the President of the Australian Medical Association (NSW). SSW GP Link Chair, Dr Ken McCroary, spoke to Dr Bonning a couple of months ago just as the last Omicron wave was about to hit.

Community urged to protect themselves from COVID-19 reinfection

Rising costs of running a GP clinic isn’t covered by tiny MBS rebate increase

GP Link Lunches – Dr Charlotte Hespe

Associate Professor Charlotte Hespe is the Chair of the NSW/ACT Faculty Council of the RACGP. SSW GP Link Chair, Dr Ken McCroary, spoke to Dr Hespe COVID-19, working with the public health system as a GP in the pandemic, and the future of General Practice.

NSW COVID-19 numbers “going gangbusters”

Cutting telephone MBS item rebates during a pandemic is mind-boggling

Petition: Enable practice nurses to administer flu vaccines, and free up GPs to see more patients

SSWGPLink Ltd supports the petition to enable nurses working in GP clinics to administer flu vaccines by having this funded under Medicare! If you agree with what we believe to be an obviously good proposal, please support the cause by signing the petition, and sharing it with others in your social network! https://www.change.org/p/enable-practice-nurses-to-administer-flu-vaccines-and-free-up-gps-to-see-more-patients

GP Link Lunches – Dr Louise Delaney

Dr Louise Delaney is the Lead Clinical Advisor with Streamliners New Zealand supporting HealthPathways teams in Australia. SSWGPLink Chair, Dr Ken McCroary, spoke to Dr Delaney about her journey and HealthPathways development.

Should healthcare data live on after a patient dies?

SSW GP Link Deputy Chair, Dr Michael Tam speaks to newsGP about the use of healthcare data, especially that held by GPs, for research and other secondary purposes after the patient has died. Some of the values that must underlie the use of the data are altruism and ensuring it is being used for theContinue reading “Should healthcare data live on after a patient dies?”

OTAC: Free Training Course in Opioid Treatment for GPs and Other Prescribers

Are you a general practitioner or other prescriber interested in learning about opioid pharmacotherapy treatment? The University of Sydney is hosting a free training course on behalf of the NSW Ministry of Health in the SWSPHN area for medical and nurse practitioners to learn more about how to safely prescribe opioid pharmacotherapies (methadone and buprenorphine)Continue reading “OTAC: Free Training Course in Opioid Treatment for GPs and Other Prescribers”