Role of GPs ‘underacknowledged’ in healthcare efficiency plan

Press/Media: Expert Comment

Description

A Productivity Commission report misses opportunities to build on high-performing and well-funded general practice, the RACGP has said.

Subject

Australian primary care

Healthcare reform

 

Period24 Sept 2025

Media contributions

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Media contributions

  • TitleRole of GPs ‘underacknowledged’ in healthcare efficiency plan
    Degree of recognitionNational
    Media name/outletNewsGP
    Media typeWeb
    Country/TerritoryAustralia
    Date24/09/25
    DescriptionA Productivity Commission report misses opportunities to build on high-performing and well-funded general practice, the RACGP has said....
    RACGP Expert Committee – Quality Care Chair Professor Mark Morgan recently described the report as falling short of the standard set out by the college, telling newsGP that GPs remain ‘central to high-quality prevention’...
    ‘The RACGP’s June 2025 submission to this inquiry called for measures to support general practice multidisciplinary teams, general practice-based pharmacists, and health assessments across the lifespan,’ it stated.

    ‘None of these were specifically endorsed in the interim report.

    ‘As a result, the interim report misses opportunities to build on what we know works well – high-performing, enabled and well-funded general practice.’
    Producer/AuthorKaren Burge
    URLhttps://www1.racgp.org.au/newsgp/professional/role-of-gps-underacknowledged-in-healthcare-effici?utm_source=racgpnewsgpnewsletter&utm_campaign=newsgpedm&utm_medium=email
    PersonsMark Morgan