Health
Frustrated GPs threaten to pull out of COVID-19 vaccination program – Sydney Morning Herald
GPs are complaining about a “nonsensical” process and low rates of payment that will not cover their costs.
Dr Craig Richards, principal at the Lorn Surgery in Maitland, said the health departments nonsensical policy pirouettes are making it increasingly difficult for us to find a financially realistic way to participate.
Dr Maria Boulton, a Brisbane practice owner and director of the Australian GP Alliance of about 150 owners, said clinics should be paid double what they are getting (about $31 for the first jab and $24 for the second). She said she knew of several clinics that will pull out of the program.
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