Registrar of the Year says commitment pays off
Wyoming specialist GP Catherine Kennedy has been named GP Synergy’s Hunter, Manning and Central Coast Registrar of the Year. GP Synergy is the sole provider of the federally funded Australian…
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Booster program will place more pressure on doctors says GP
Central Coast doctor, Elly Warren, has backed calls from the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) for more help for GPs ahead of the rollout of COVID-19 booster shots…
More vaccine is coming says Wicks
The COVID-19 vaccine rollout is to be bolstered on the Central Coast with additional vaccines headed to the region and 40 more GPs coming on board with Pfizer in September….
War of words over GP shortage on the Coast
There are hopes a recently announced Federal Senate Inquiry will help address the Central Coast’s chronic and ongoing shortage of doctors, as Federal MPs Lucy Wicks and Emma McBride conduct…
Patient left out when books closed
Forum – I have been going to a family doctor practice in Wyong for the past 58 years and in that time its name has changed, it has changed location,…
COVID-19 vaccine availability issues and confusing messages abound
The escalation of the COVID-19 Delta Strain outbreak in Sydney has resulted in more Central Coast residents scrambling to be vaccinated, but vaccine availability and confusing messages about eligibility continue…
Cost of visiting a GP up by 38 per cent
Official new data confirms what Northerners already knew, that healthcare costs have never been higher, and it’s got Shortland MP, Pat Conroy, on the warpath. It comes after the NSW…
Health chief claims collaborative GP approach is best
Hunter New England Central Coast Public Health Network chief Mr Richard Nankervis has claimed that a collaborative approach led by local doctors was proving more successful than relying on medical…
Not one cent used to recruit a GP, says O’Neill
The Department of Health has revealed in a Senate Estimates hearing that only $2000 of the $100,000 promised to the Peninsula GP Committee has been used by the committee. The…