#Budget2024

RGs get nothing

GPs get nothing

Expect us to cover all the bases for nowt and don’t expect any other allied health or specialist to but that’s OK! Clearly.

Not surprised one bit and the obvious writing on the wall with expected outcome.

More Urgent Care Centres…

This is why I fastidiously run on time and have done for near 12 years

Sure there may be the odd exception where I run over but this is my thinking.

We have appointments and I mostly privately charge for my time.

People are paying for my time, the services I offer and…

Gets more rural students and you will have more rural doctors!

I am not seeing it.

I am aware of at least 3 current medical students from here.

None of them plan on returning.

Zero.

Another family have a doctor in the family who trained as a GP and now works in a big city.…

And then there is this.

Oh crap.

Jesus!

Just watched Piers Morgan Uncensored and the Fiona Harvey interview

How did Jessica Gunning manage to nail the character down to a T.

It’s bloody Oscar worthy, Jessica managed to absolutely match Fiona in a way I have never seen another actor do.

The interview….well I don’t…

Whaaaattt? (But predictable)

UCCs less patients than a General Practice.

UCCs no difference to ramping or ED presentations.

UCCs are 10 x more expensive per patient than General practice.

This is the whole cash cow respiratory clinic model again.

It is clear this is a…

Meanwhile #aurora for me

Everyone celebrating a huge GPS disrupting event not forgetting the radiation release as we stare at awe at the heavens

Celebrating a Chernobyl hitting our upper atmosphere and everyone is posting about red Auroras

Oxygen being lit up giving you that…

Queensland and NOW Victoria.

Who next ??

I am confused, I thought this was a flu and we were past it?

I thought we had hybrid immunity?

I thought this was yesterday’s news?

Oh look.

Low vaccination rates

Social medial spreading false news

Look what happens?…

Surprise surprise

We only have XBB vaccines
Flu rising

Covid rising to concerning levels amongst over 65s.

Shock horror

Living with it!

#CovidIsNotOver

Well well well.

Just moved into a new house.

The faucet for the washing machine cold water was leaking, not from the join to the washing machine.

I rang a plumber

$189 up front over the phone or no show.

$480 to replace the taps

In and out 40 mins.

$669.

$16.72 a minute.…

Wow cognitive blindness

St George's, University of London

Proud of their physician assistants ✅

No mention of doctors ❌

So deep, committed, wrong and entirely inappropriate.

A 2 year degree.

If we did 2 years of an MBBS and said ya know what, I’m don’t let’s go. We would be let near a…

Speaking to my brother and feeling a bit ripped off by containers for change.

It’s worth 10 cents a bottle

But this reminds me of the glass cheques of Irn Bru, Tizer and so on in the 90s.

A glass bottle then was worth 10p (20 cents) and rose to 20p if I remember (40 cents) a…

Well lots of rain last night and today then these huge moth looking things

Someone called them rain moths. I don’t think that’s the technical name.

They were huge 8-10cm!

Australia never disappoints with random huge scary looking things

Oh ok.

Now we need OpenAI memory to remember the name of our cat/dog or kids.

Let ChatGPT remember what you cannot

Why? What happened to our own actual brain and recall.

Is this a solution to a problem that actually exists? Are people so forgetful that AI needs to step in?…

So picking up your cancer, palliating your loved one (or you), managing your heart disease, diabetes, asthma etc is seen as low value.

Take today

I needed to see a lawyer to sign 2 documents.

I drove 400km (round trip)

24 minute appointment

$800.

$33 a minute.

Yet…

Ordered one for my daughter
Looks good
#CleanAirNow

Long Covid ➡️ Life-Destroying

At what number or % of a population will it take for people to take #LongCovid as a real risk to them?

According to the AMA Media

There are 38 388 GPs in Australia

Over 26 weeks of the bulk billing incentive.

950 000 / 38 388 = 24.7 total consults.

That means each GP has bulk billed on average less than 1 EXTRA consult a week.

Less than 1.

Given I do 150 consults a week.…

Well THAT didn’t take long

Welcome to the party pal

🇬🇧

#BirdFlu

I never thought I would see it

@NHS

So, so bad.

Italy sent a plane to remove a 1 month old baby with a severe cardiac malformation as the NHS could do anything for it.

🪨 bottom.

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