We can’t allow this to happen in Australia. This kind of training is following algorithms which is vastly different to the clinical reasoning that highly trained GPs learn. Clinical reasoning is complex & multifaceted & essential for diagnosis Royal Australian College of GPs (RACGP) President Adj Prof Karen Price, 20-22 RACGP Past Prez

The UK government failed to invest in general practice in the NHS, and spent too long and too much trying to find alternatives to GPs. Glad the new government seems to have woken up to the problem… but why don’t we skip a step and invest in general practice now?

This is hugely concerning, after what we are witnessing the in the UK Royal Australian College of GPs (RACGP) President Adj Prof Karen Price, 20-22 RACGP Past Prez Mark Butler MP

The essence of the problem with the PA Experiment: training in the ‘medical model’ confuses patients, local supervision to determine ‘scope’ risks PA’s working beyond their training. Royal Australian College of GPs (RACGP) President AMA President Queensland Health Mark Butler MP

health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/… Spread the word. Australia is set to follow the UK ‘Physician Assistant’ debacle. Patients beware, your healthcare is at risk Royal Australian College of GPs (RACGP) President AMA President Adj Prof Karen Price, 20-22 RACGP Past Prez Mark Butler MP Queensland Health

medicalrepublic.com.au/fury-over-quee… Succinct article. Now to spread this to mainstream media and warn Australians Royal Australian College of GPs (RACGP) President Adj Prof Karen Price, 20-22 RACGP Past Prez AMA President Queensland Health Mark Butler MP

medicalrepublic.com.au/queensland-phy… Aha, so Australia is looking to lure PAs from the UK and pay them more than the junior doctors here are paid? Surely this can’t be happening Mark Butler MP Queensland Health Royal Australian College of GPs (RACGP) President AMA President

Brilliant 👏👏

Thanks to all our UK colleagues for fighting so hard to highlight the PA debacle. We Australians were able to jump straight on it thanks to all of you Louella Vaughan Dr Sandeep Bansal Dr Matt Kneale Royal Australian College of GPs (RACGP) President AMAQueensland

Calling on all of my colleagues to spread the work about the threat of PAs in Australia. Have your say. Sign the petition. Patient safety is at risk AMA Vice President AMAQueensland AMA President Royal Australian College of GPs (RACGP) President Queensland Health Mark Butler MP . forms.office.com/pages/response…

ASMOFQ needs all medical practitioners to voice their concerns about the dangerous problems with Physician Assistants being implemented in QLD. ASMOF NSW SASMOA ACEM President Dr Michael Page - AMA (WA) President AMASAPresident ANZCA AMA Victoria

If PAs are indeed coming to Australia, let’s at least rename them ‘Clinical Assistants’ to avoid patient confusion. The UK has taught us many lessons about the PA role, and this is only one of them Shannon Fentiman Royal Australian College of GPs (RACGP) President Adj Prof Karen Price, 20-22 RACGP Past Prez Queensland Health AMAQueensland

The PA issue has temporarily gone to ground in Australia, but I doubt it has been shelved permanently. When it resurfaces we must be vigilant. ‘Scope of practice’ is a malignancy we need to protect our patients from Adj Prof Karen Price, 20-22 RACGP Past Prez Royal Australian College of GPs (RACGP) President Mark Butler MP Queensland Health

Australia beware. Pharmacists with full prescribing rights. More fragmentation of care. The Pharmacy Lobby Group will buy their way into this in Canberra Royal Australian College of GPs (RACGP) President Adj Prof Karen Price, 20-22 RACGP Past Prez Mark Butler MP

Department of health is aiming for 40% of general practice / primary care funding to be "blended funding". Almost half. ...not concerning at all right?

What Hickie misses here is that GPs aren't the gatekeepers and access points. They are providers of care. When they end back at their GP, they don't "start again," they continue to provide ongoing care in the absence of support from elsewhere in the health system.

The PA debacle continues in QLD Royal Australian College of GPs (RACGP) President AMAQueensland Tim Leeuwenburg medicalrepublic.com.au/queensland-hea…

Is this really what Queensland Health wants when they propose PA’s? Queensland Health AMAQueensland Royal Australian College of GPs (RACGP) President ft.com/content/5a5335…

Australia’s trajectory towards an NHS style model is concerning. The underfunding of General Practice, the role substitution by non-doctors & the lack of recognition of the central role that GPs play in our health system must end Mark Butler MP www1.racgp.org.au/newsgp/profess…

Pharmacists taking on GP roles labelled 'reckless' | InSight+ Placing health care into the retail space helps big corporates and political donors. Cos-playing at health by the health system illiterate. insightplus.mja.com.au/2024/36/pharma…