Fame, funding and feet on the ground – PRIME practitioners want action

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Fame, funding and feet on the ground – PRIME practitioners want action

9 May 2018

Keira Louise

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Wednesday 9 May 2018, 07:00 AM

PRIME committee chair GP Tim Malloy with committee members nurse practitioner Kate Stark, St John clinical planning manager Daniel Ohs and GP Buzz Burrell

A PRIME discussion panel held at the recent National Rural Health Conference was able to report some wins for the scheme but funding, a shortage of volunteers and a lack of public understanding of the role of PRIME practitioners were identified as key problems. Keira Stephenson reports

The committee is watching the next Budget with interest PRIME GPs and nurses want the public to know they play a crucial part in the country’s em

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