After-hours care

‘Today’s decisions by the Federal Government to restrict use of MBS items for urgent after-hours care are all about bowing to the interests of certain doctor groups and neglecting patient interests’, says Alison Verhoeven, Chief Executive of the...

‘It’s now almost certain that patients will have less access to care as the Government moves to restrict use of MBS items for urgent after-hours care to general practitioners working predominantly in the in-hours period’, says Alison Verhoeven, Chief...

‘The Australian healthcare system and patients will be poorly served by restricting use of urgent MBS items only to general practitioners working predominantly in the in-hours period’, says Alison Verhoeven, Chief Executive of the Australian Healthcare...

Deeble Institute Issues Brief No 15: review of after-hours service models: Learnings for regional, rural and remote communities evaluates the current delivery models of after-hours primary health care and explores individual program elements...