GPs ready to walk away from health system
FOUR in 10 doctors are thinking of leaving their profession because of disenchantment with the Rudd Government's health-care reforms, a survey has found. The survey, in the doctors' journal Medical Observer, shows doctors have savaged plans to overhaul primary health care and found three-quarters of them believe proposed super-clinics will not lead to better patient care. Last month, Health Minister Nicola Roxon proposed opening up primary health care to allow nurses and allied health professionals such as psychologists and physiotherapists to do jobs that were the domain of doctors.