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'Far from ideal': travel to Western Sydney to see bulk-billing GP

Healthcare access increasingly determined by 'fees you can afford to pay'.

Newcastle Herald · Aug 21, 2023

'On the verge of collapse': GP crisis to get treatment at Merewether forum

'We need to change the way we think about medicine.'

Newcastle Herald · Jun 11, 2023

'The poor are getting poorer and sicker': health linked to the homeless

Some people can't afford to see a GP 'because of the cost of living'.

Newcastle Herald · May 26, 2023

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Unemployed and grappling with bills: Jannine wishes she went to the doctor earlier

"I've just been struggling financially, very hard."

Newcastle Herald · May 9, 2023

Weight-loss patients warned prescriptions for Ozempic or Trulicity may not be filled

Federal Health Minister Mark Butler acknowledges a "very challenging" situation as diabetes patients are prioritised amid a global shortage of two popular drugs.

ABC News · Oct 24, 2022

Online GPs flip the script: Newcastle and Lake Macquarie residents turn to telehealth

More than 15,000 people in Lake Macquarie and Newcastle have used this online prescription service.

Newcastle Herald · Aug 26, 2022

GPs directing people with flu-like symptoms to busy EDs

She said she had no choice but to take her 3-year-old daughter to hospital ED.

Newcastle Herald · Jun 2, 2022

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