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I am a GP and have been for 46 years, and I work this way.

The medical situation will not change unless the government adequately funds general practice to allow GPs to continue to deliver quality care, and keep people put of ED and hospitals. Promises that all GPs will bulk bill are unrealistic in the current climate. GPs practices are closing left...

Good on you!

With exhibitionists, if it was safe to do so and their were people around, I'd feel inclined to point to the offender, and laugh loudly. I have had a few come to see me as a patient. I asked them to get dressed and leave and if they refused I called the male medical director to deal with them...

However there is a fashion for brides to flaunt their boobs. If usually looks cheap and is disrespectful to guests. My sister knows a religious minister who feels uncomfortable when the brides in very low cut dresses stand in front of him. There is a difference between highlighting your figure...

I'm sorry your poor husband lost his eye. BCCs invade locally, and should be dealt with early. They are typically a red nodule, often with a 'pearly' edge and small red blood vessels growing over the edges. But they can present as a red scaly lesion. I go to my own GP for skin checks regularly.

Any skin lesions that persist should be biopsied, that's the golden rule. I'm a GP working in a skin cancer clinic and our doctors are very skilled. We can't bulk bill for this treatment as we receive less fromMedicare than the procedures cost us to do. But the expensive treatment that this...

You can't cure a BCC or other skin cancer with natural therapy!

Most of my elderly friends can use a computer, some in their 90s. Two of them run Computer Pals for seniors. I am a medical professional and use computers for work, and also internet banking. However I use cash a lot as I find it convenient. I'm also a writer and in our writing group's monthly...

Food poisoning from chicken is very common!

GPs would be scrutinised by the authorities if they started to order tests for Vitamin deficiency without a clinical need. Eg we are restricted in which patients we can order Vitamin D tests for, even though the deficiency is quite common. A patient could ask for vitamin screening but this...

We used to have railway police, it sounds like we still need them.

Yes, you push a pram so a little more distance from the entry should not be a problem, It's not as you are carrying it!

Our medications on PBS should not become more expensive, so there should be no need for you to cut down. It may end up costing you a lot more if you do and your conditions worsen. If you reach the PBS safety net the drugs will cost a lot less and if you have a health care card they will be free...

The lady may have had a sudden cardiac arrhythmia. Anyway, many of these experiences which happen around surgery may be related the effects of anaesthesia, or hallucinations at the time of collapse etc. It would be good if the deceased person could return and tell us if there is an afterlife...

Take you own water bottle filled at home!

It sounds like you will reach the safety net early.

I doubt this happened in Australia as we GPs don't even have BCG vaccine. It's given at hospital TB clinics.

She should sue him for damages. He should be covered by his indemnity insurance even if he's deregistered.

Breakfast Delight cereal, it was a semolina cereal, but normal semolina doesn't taste the same. Also Rice a Riso Spanish flavour, I used to love this and would like a recipe for it. Also certain biscuits including honey snaps, Peak Freans golden puffs and the very dark rectangular chocolate...