Charlotte Hespe AM
@runningdoc14
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Clinical and Academic GP, Passionate to achieve WINS for General Practice through strong leadership and improve health outcomes for Australians Views my own
Joined July 2011
RT @runningdoc14: Don’t miss out on having your say in our Health of the Nation survey 2024 – it closes at 11.59pm this Sunday.
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Don’t miss out on having your say in our Health of the Nation survey 2024 – it closes at 11.59pm this Sunday.
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Call out to GPs. Do you have a spare 5-10 minutes to complete a survey on OAC treatment for AF? The survey is part of a study looking at patient persistence and adherence to OAC treatment. The study is being led by Prof Charlotte Hespe from UNDA.
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RT @QLDCountryGP: @JEChalmers @MinhKular @101FMLogancity @ShannonFentiman @LinusPower These clinics are essentially an admission by governm….
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RT @RACGPPresident: As our @RACGP NSW/ACT Chair @runningdoc14 told @LanieT96 - the ‘Sick Tax’ will force many practices to charge pat….
canberratimes.com.au
Canberrans could end up paying $15 more to see their GP.
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RT @RACGP: Here’s a brief message from our NSW Chair, @runningdoc14 Charlotte Hespe, on what she’s most looking forward to about hosting #W….
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RT @normanswan: A great piece of data journalism and visualisation. You’ll be amazed. This square is the average Australian salary – see ho….
abc.net.au
The stage 3 tax cuts are too big to fit on a single screen. We had to get creative to put them into perspective.
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RT @RACGPPresident: The @RACGP backs rigorous systems to stop overbilling. However, this problem is not universal. The vast bulk of GPs do….
smh.com.au
New documents show failed bulk-billing chain Tristar rorted Medicare, with some doctors claiming 18 hours of consultations per day.
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RT @DrMukeshH: As hospitals and GPs see an 'explosion in demand', patients are left wondering where to go .@ausgpalliance @amavictoria….
abc.net.au
Patients are being told to consider seeing a GP during non-urgent situations, but GP shortages and a decline in bulk-billing practices mean many have no choice but to go to an emergency department.
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RT @georgeinstitute: 📢New Nat'l #HypertensionTaskforce to be launched by @Mark_Butler_MP to tackle uncontrolled #BloodPressure in 🇦🇺. 👊The….
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RT @alvchua: all over Australia! The shortage of GPs has never been worse and unfortunately & not getting better - only 13.8% of new grads….
abc.net.au
Patients are being told to consider seeing a GP during non-urgent situations, but GP shortages and a decline in bulk-billing practices mean many have no choice but to go to an emergency department.
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We need to empower people to say NO - please don’t make the health system more expensive just because its easier to repeat things. Please ask my GP. We need a connected system for sharing important health data .@Mark_Butler_MP.
A family member is at the phlebotomist, at the request of a consultant specialist. She had almost these exact tests done a few weeks ago, ordered by her GP. I know, because I saw the request. She was told to re-do them. #stupidshitinhealthcare #sharedwithpermission
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RT @RACGPPresident: The Govt’s proposal for a new in-home aged care program does not include GPs. The @RACGP believes this is a missed oppo….
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Thank you @JillannFarmer for describing the efforts required by GPs in the current siloed primary care setting to ensure medication management is safe.We urgently need connected systems of care. Safety and quality in primary care: whither goest?
insightplus.mja.com.au
Safety and quality in the primary and community care system focuses on individual practices and practitioners, with an over-reliance on individual vigilance, writes Jillann Farmer
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A really well articulated insight into the problems facing delivery of high quality GP care to Australians @Mark_Butler_MP @RACGPPresident .We need changes to the perverse disincentives to primary care urgently .General practice: service or business?
insightplus.mja.com.au
Once the stampede for the exits starts in general practice, assuming it hasn’t started slowly already, it will be very hard to reverse, writes Will Cairns
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Great #GP@Parliament meeting with @JacquiLambie to discuss GP crisis. Call to action on increasing Medicare rebates +Bulk billing incentives. Along with reintroduce Junior Doctors GP term.
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PLEASE READ.@GPswampwarrior has authored this insightful commentary.We need to use these arguments in all our advocacy discussions.@RACGPPresident @amapresident .Are doctors really the parasites of the healthcare system?
insightplus.mja.com.au
The demise of good general practice has been predictable for decades. The question remaining is whether the community is happy to let it go, writes Louise Stone …
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GP is a truly fabulous specialist choice for Medical graduates. Let’s turn the tide and make it top choice for all Drs.We need Flexible funding models along with equitable pay for ALL specialist trainees #RACGPSummit2022.
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