General Practitioner

Sugary drinks targeted by proposed new tax (ADA - Australian Dental Association Inc)

Edit Public Technologies 28 Jun 2016

(Source. ADA - Australian Dental Association Inc). 22 June 2016 ... Noting the major health crisis confronting Australia, Senator Di Natale, who was a general practitioner and public health specialist before entering federal politics, had this to say about the policy's hoped-for positive results. ... ADA - Australian Dental Association Inc. published this content on 22 June 2016 and is solely responsible for the information contained herein....

How Syphilis Came Roaring Back

Edit The Atlantic 28 Jun 2016

In recent months, newspapers around the country have published stories that sound like they could have been written 100 years ago ... But the headlines are very much modern—and urgent ... “That’s not something people are entirely comfortable sharing with their primary care provider.” And because syphilis was so rare for so long, Smith says many general practitioners miss clear signs of the disease that STD clinics are trained to notice ... ....

27/06/2016 - Performance Audit: The General Practitioner function - The core of primary health care (NAO - National Audit Office)

Edit Public Technologies 27 Jun 2016

The Auditor General noted that in line with the National Health System Strategy for Malta (NHSS, 2014- 2020), public General Practitioner (GP) services provided through health centres and peripheral clinics (bereg) increasingly focused on health promotion, disease prevention issues and sought to further embrace continuity of care principles....

Healthcare workers pen open letter to save Medicare (ACTU - Australian Council of Trade Unions)

Edit Public Technologies 27 Jun 2016

(Source. ACTU - Australian Council of Trade Unions). Nurses, midwives, mental health, pharmacists and allied health professionals, medical. scientists and Medicare administration staff have come together in the last few days ... including the freezing of rebates for general practitioners, $57 billion in cuts to public ... expensive for Australians ... refused to back down on the freezing of Medicare rebates for general practitioners until ... ENDS....

National Audit Office points out the need to revise set up of public GP services

Edit The Malta Independent 27 Jun 2016

The Auditor General noted that in line with the National Health System Strategy for Malta (NHSS, 2014-2020), public General Practitioner (GP) services provided through health centres and peripheral clinics increasingly focused on health promotion, disease prevention issues and sought to further embrace continuity of care principles. ......

Deputy coroner recommends suicide prevention effort for seriously ill seniors

Edit Sydney Morning Herald 27 Jun 2016

... I recommend that the Queensland Department of Health, in partnership with the aged care sector and the general practitioner sector, implement routine screening and assessment for elderly persons diagnosed with and/or undergoing treatment for significant physical conditions, together with screening for depression," Mr Lock wrote in his report....

Study finds Western Sydney doctors need much greater support (University of Western Sydney)

Edit Public Technologies 27 Jun 2016

(Source. University of Western Sydney) ... The report found general practitioners (GPs) were concerned with the number of patients presenting with chronic illness and multi-morbidity, many of whom found difficulty in navigating the health system and often spoke English as a second language ... In response, the report provides a number of recommendations to ensure the long term sustainability of the health care system, including ... Ends ... (noodl....

2017: a year of pay rises as well (Government of the Republic of Hungary)

Edit Public Technologies 27 Jun 2016

(Source. Government of the Republic of Hungary). The period ahead of us and 2017 will be about pay rises, too, Csaba Dömötör stated on Sunday in Budapest. The Minister of State at the Cabinet Office of the Prime Minister said at his press conference ... He highlighted ... General practitioners will receive HUF 10 billion excess funding, while health visitors and dentists, too, will in each group have access to extra funding worth HUF 2 billion....

Durham academic becomes BMA president (Durham University)

Edit Public Technologies 24 Jun 2016

Professor Hungin takes on the role after a distinguished career as a General Practitioner (GP) and in clinical research, particularly into the early diagnosis of long term conditions ... He became a General Practitioner in Eaglescliffe, Stockton on Tees in the UK, whilst maintaining a specialist interest in gastroenterology as a Hospital Practitioner....

AMA welcomes Coalition's Initiatives to support rural health (AMA - Australian Medical Association Ltd)

Edit Public Technologies 24 Jun 2016

... policy development, while the establishment of a Rural Generalist Pathway could boost the much-needed recruitment and retention of skilled practitioners in rural areas ... 'Australia has a renowned system of GP training, overseen by the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners and the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine,' he said....

GPs given tools to combat antibiotic overuse (The University of Queensland)

Edit Public Technologies 24 Jun 2016

(Source. The University of Queensland). A pilot program aimed at stemming antibiotic resistance has successfully reduced prescribing rates among participating doctors. The University of Queensland-led study involved more than 100 general practitioners from almost 30 practices across South East Queensland ... Antibiotics are often inappropriately prescribed for patients with acute respiratory tract infections ... Media ... (noodl. 34247658) ....

Patient safety at risk from some overseas-trained GPs, Darwin doctor says

Edit Australian Broadcasting Corporation 23 Jun 2016

Patients' health is being put at risk by overseas-trained doctors who are failing basic general practitioner exams but are still allowed to practice, a Darwin doctor claims ... ....

NGO launches Sickle Cell and First Aid in childhood books

Edit Modern Ghana 23 Jun 2016

By GNA. Accra, June 22, GNA - The Ntiamoah Foundation and the Health Education on Wheel of the Police Hospital Annex Dialysis Centre, has launched two health books in Accra ... It was authored by Dr John Koramoa, a retired Paediatric and Child Health Specialist and General Practitioner in the United Kingdom ... He asked students and Ghanaians in general to read the books and share the knowledge that they would acquire from them ... GNA. ....

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