Adj Professor Karen Price
@brookmanknight.bsky.social
GPDU co-founder and Monash Adj Professor.
Working GP.
RACGP Past President (2020-22)
Melbourne Uni board of Enterprise and Innovation.
Monash Uni SPHERE CRE
AMA GP policy chair Vic
WONCA world exec.
MBBS, PhD, FRACGP, GAICD
Thesis https://bit.ly/3HCMRs1
Working GP.
RACGP Past President (2020-22)
Melbourne Uni board of Enterprise and Innovation.
Monash Uni SPHERE CRE
AMA GP policy chair Vic
WONCA world exec.
MBBS, PhD, FRACGP, GAICD
Thesis https://bit.ly/3HCMRs1
It’s been a while blue sky but you’re looking more and more like old friends here. Without all the Xtreme.
Yay to that.
Yay to that.
the sun shines brightly through the clouds in the blue sky
ALT: the sun shines brightly through the clouds in the blue sky
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August 31, 2025 at 12:16 PM
It’s been a while blue sky but you’re looking more and more like old friends here. Without all the Xtreme.
Yay to that.
Yay to that.
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Wow. Curious to hear what GPs and patients think about this?👇🏾
@timsenior.bsky.social @kangaroobeach.bsky.social @lizsturgiss.bsky.social @karenmagraith.bsky.social
@brookmanknight.bsky.social
@racgp.bsky.social
www.afr.com/politics/fed...
@timsenior.bsky.social @kangaroobeach.bsky.social @lizsturgiss.bsky.social @karenmagraith.bsky.social
@brookmanknight.bsky.social
@racgp.bsky.social
www.afr.com/politics/fed...
Private equity-backed GP chain a winner from Labor health spending
The BGH Capital-owned medical centre operator ForHealth has been a big beneficiary of the government’s increased spending on Medicare and urgent care clinics.
www.afr.com
April 28, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Wow. Curious to hear what GPs and patients think about this?👇🏾
@timsenior.bsky.social @kangaroobeach.bsky.social @lizsturgiss.bsky.social @karenmagraith.bsky.social
@brookmanknight.bsky.social
@racgp.bsky.social
www.afr.com/politics/fed...
@timsenior.bsky.social @kangaroobeach.bsky.social @lizsturgiss.bsky.social @karenmagraith.bsky.social
@brookmanknight.bsky.social
@racgp.bsky.social
www.afr.com/politics/fed...
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The updated guidelines for osteoporosis management and fracture prevention are an evidence‐based pragmatic tool designed to support general practitioners in the treatment and management of at-risk patients
Read more: buff.ly/JgS77T3
Read more: buff.ly/JgS77T3
April 29, 2025 at 12:01 AM
The updated guidelines for osteoporosis management and fracture prevention are an evidence‐based pragmatic tool designed to support general practitioners in the treatment and management of at-risk patients
Read more: buff.ly/JgS77T3
Read more: buff.ly/JgS77T3
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The AMA has launched its 2025 federal election platform, setting out a comprehensive plan for health reform. 🩺
From modernising Medicare and ending the hospital logjam, to fixing private health and tackling chronic disease with a sugar tax, the AMA is demanding action from all sides of politics.
From modernising Medicare and ending the hospital logjam, to fixing private health and tackling chronic disease with a sugar tax, the AMA is demanding action from all sides of politics.
AMA launches 2025 Federal Election Platform calling for urgent health system reform
The Australian Medical Association has launched its 2025 federal election platform, calling for immediate action to Modernise Medicare and lift our public hospitals out of logjam. The AMA is also seek...
www.ama.com.au
April 14, 2025 at 3:01 AM
The AMA has launched its 2025 federal election platform, setting out a comprehensive plan for health reform. 🩺
From modernising Medicare and ending the hospital logjam, to fixing private health and tackling chronic disease with a sugar tax, the AMA is demanding action from all sides of politics.
From modernising Medicare and ending the hospital logjam, to fixing private health and tackling chronic disease with a sugar tax, the AMA is demanding action from all sides of politics.
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The brave little boy having one of the first polio vaccines is me. At school I recall two pupils who had leg calipers because of #polio caught before they could be vaccinated and there even was an iron lung for emergency use. #Vaccination saves lives
December 14, 2024 at 10:23 AM
The brave little boy having one of the first polio vaccines is me. At school I recall two pupils who had leg calipers because of #polio caught before they could be vaccinated and there even was an iron lung for emergency use. #Vaccination saves lives
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In my @mja.com.au Editor's Choice for the first issue of what's going to be an interesting year, it seems appropriate to reflect on the social and political framework of health www.mja.com.au/journal/2025...
Read the whole issue here www.mja.com.au/journal/2025...
Read the whole issue here www.mja.com.au/journal/2025...
January 16, 2025 at 11:58 PM
In my @mja.com.au Editor's Choice for the first issue of what's going to be an interesting year, it seems appropriate to reflect on the social and political framework of health www.mja.com.au/journal/2025...
Read the whole issue here www.mja.com.au/journal/2025...
Read the whole issue here www.mja.com.au/journal/2025...
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At PLOS Global Public Health, we support a mission to make work of the highest methodological and ethical rigor openly available to the researchers, policy experts, and clinicians who depend on it to tackle urgent health crises and advance health equity. Reach out to us. We’d love to hear from you.
December 16, 2024 at 4:35 PM
At PLOS Global Public Health, we support a mission to make work of the highest methodological and ethical rigor openly available to the researchers, policy experts, and clinicians who depend on it to tackle urgent health crises and advance health equity. Reach out to us. We’d love to hear from you.
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Things started to really go wrong the moment we began training the entire population that real life was form of entertainment.
January 12, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Things started to really go wrong the moment we began training the entire population that real life was form of entertainment.
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Fascinating paper by Claudia Goldin on drivers of low fertility in advanced economies.
Countries where economic progress outstrips social progress (in particular, gender equality in household division of labour) see the most rapid falls in fertility..
www.nber.org/papers/w33311
Countries where economic progress outstrips social progress (in particular, gender equality in household division of labour) see the most rapid falls in fertility..
www.nber.org/papers/w33311
January 6, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Fascinating paper by Claudia Goldin on drivers of low fertility in advanced economies.
Countries where economic progress outstrips social progress (in particular, gender equality in household division of labour) see the most rapid falls in fertility..
www.nber.org/papers/w33311
Countries where economic progress outstrips social progress (in particular, gender equality in household division of labour) see the most rapid falls in fertility..
www.nber.org/papers/w33311
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General practice funding is inequitable: the Carr-Hill formula, which decides the distribution of funding, is outdated and fails to take account of socioeconomic deprivation.
Our briefing, proposes replacing Carr-Hill with a modern, needs-based formula.
Our briefing, proposes replacing Carr-Hill with a modern, needs-based formula.
Fairer funding for general practice in England: what’s the problem, why is it so hard to fix, and what should the government do?
General practice funding is inequitable: the Carr-Hill formula, which decides the distribution of funding, is outdated and fails to take account of socioeconomic deprivation. This briefing, produced…
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December 14, 2024 at 2:31 PM
General practice funding is inequitable: the Carr-Hill formula, which decides the distribution of funding, is outdated and fails to take account of socioeconomic deprivation.
Our briefing, proposes replacing Carr-Hill with a modern, needs-based formula.
Our briefing, proposes replacing Carr-Hill with a modern, needs-based formula.
Reposted by Adj Professor Karen Price
Interesting to see similar debates in accounting and medicine on training, the impact of technology and the future of the professions.
‘Most important man in accounting’ warns against lowering standards
https://www.ft.com/content/033792af-18e4-4d69-92f9-5b78b01f2012
https://www.ft.com/content/033792af-18e4-4d69-92f9-5b78b01f2012
‘Most important man in accounting’ warns against lowering standards
Barry Melancon, for 30 years head of leading US professional body, says quality should not be compromised to aid recruiting
www.ft.com
December 31, 2024 at 8:18 AM
Interesting to see similar debates in accounting and medicine on training, the impact of technology and the future of the professions.
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Fragmentation of care is a risk of hybrid general practice which should be urgently addressed according to new research from @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social @oohgpwales.bsky.social doi.org/10.3399/BJGP...
See Box 3. Unintended consequences of remote and digital triage
#PrimaryCare
See Box 3. Unintended consequences of remote and digital triage
#PrimaryCare
November 26, 2024 at 9:48 AM
Fragmentation of care is a risk of hybrid general practice which should be urgently addressed according to new research from @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social @oohgpwales.bsky.social doi.org/10.3399/BJGP...
See Box 3. Unintended consequences of remote and digital triage
#PrimaryCare
See Box 3. Unintended consequences of remote and digital triage
#PrimaryCare
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The enshittification of uk general practice. (He’s talking about our paper!!) led by @oohgpwales.bsky.social
bjgp.org/content/75/7...
bjgp.org/content/75/7...
The enshittification of general practice
It was Cory Doctorow, the author, who coined the term ‘enshittification’ when he used it to describe the evolution and, critically, the deterioration of tech platforms. In 2023 the American Dialect So...
bjgp.org
January 4, 2025 at 9:20 AM
The enshittification of uk general practice. (He’s talking about our paper!!) led by @oohgpwales.bsky.social
bjgp.org/content/75/7...
bjgp.org/content/75/7...
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My latest @bmj.com on why an experienced workforce is necessary for safety and productivity www.bmj.com/content/387/...
“Rookie factor”: why healthcare workforce policy needs to embrace experience
What price experience? I have been working across several safety critical industries for years and in terms of the approaches that these industries take to workforce issues there are some stark differ...
www.bmj.com
December 20, 2024 at 4:12 PM
My latest @bmj.com on why an experienced workforce is necessary for safety and productivity www.bmj.com/content/387/...
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The 10,000 step count goal is made up – and wrong.
stories.uq.edu.au/contact-maga...
stories.uq.edu.au/contact-maga...
UQ Mythbusters: The 10,000 step count goal is made up – and wrong
For years, fitness trackers and health gurus have pushed the idea that hitting 10,000 steps a day is the golden rule for staying fit. But is this really the best metric for daily movement?
stories.uq.edu.au
December 19, 2024 at 12:37 AM
The 10,000 step count goal is made up – and wrong.
stories.uq.edu.au/contact-maga...
stories.uq.edu.au/contact-maga...
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Menopause and depression. Taking a look at two new studies. vajenda.substack.com/p/depression...
Depression and Menopause
Taking a look at two recent papers
vajenda.substack.com
December 18, 2024 at 8:51 PM
Menopause and depression. Taking a look at two new studies. vajenda.substack.com/p/depression...
Information is always values laden
The question is “whose values?”
The question is “whose values?”
This is the reality "stay on Twitter" people are ignoring: you're playing a carnival game rigged against you. Everything you do is suppressed and everything right-wingers do is promoted. You can't use organic engagement to beat hostile mods with herbicide. (Your "view" numbers are fake too, BTW.)
Over on X, Musk seems to be pushing his own posts directly onto users' notification pages, even if they do not follow him, in a category comically labeled 'Elon Musk' above the breaking news that 'Elon Musk posted'
He's making those X devs implement new levels of dear leader shit over there
He's making those X devs implement new levels of dear leader shit over there
December 18, 2024 at 9:09 PM
Information is always values laden
The question is “whose values?”
The question is “whose values?”
Fascinating article for Science translators & the firewall between evidence & policy.
Quote “You need well-trained people who can be honest, and say ‘Prime minister, that’s the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard”
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Quote “You need well-trained people who can be honest, and say ‘Prime minister, that’s the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard”
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Science could solve some of the world’s biggest problems. Why aren’t governments using it?
A Nature global survey finds that most specialists are unhappy with systems to provide science advice to policymakers.
www.nature.com
December 18, 2024 at 8:32 PM
Fascinating article for Science translators & the firewall between evidence & policy.
Quote “You need well-trained people who can be honest, and say ‘Prime minister, that’s the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard”
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Quote “You need well-trained people who can be honest, and say ‘Prime minister, that’s the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard”
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.medicalrepublic.com.au/phn-review-a...
Bad commissioning hacks by Australian health.
How not to engage in community services when managing political widgets on a spread sheet.
Bad commissioning hacks by Australian health.
How not to engage in community services when managing political widgets on a spread sheet.
PHN review a waste of $2m: they’re not the problem - Medical Republic
The $2m Boston Consulting Group PHN review is in danger of missing the elephant in the room: PHNs have never been run by DoHAC in the manner they were originally designed to be.
www.medicalrepublic.com.au
December 17, 2024 at 8:53 PM
www.medicalrepublic.com.au/phn-review-a...
Bad commissioning hacks by Australian health.
How not to engage in community services when managing political widgets on a spread sheet.
Bad commissioning hacks by Australian health.
How not to engage in community services when managing political widgets on a spread sheet.
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Meet our editorial team! Jessica Sutherland from the University of Warwick will continue her work as our social media editor warwick.ac.uk/fac/so... #philsky
December 17, 2024 at 7:45 PM
Meet our editorial team! Jessica Sutherland from the University of Warwick will continue her work as our social media editor warwick.ac.uk/fac/so... #philsky
theconversation.com/how-cities-a...
Public private partnerships at a community level.
Four criteria for success.
1. Mission & vision centred
2 Diverse skills based partners
3. Excellent & strong governance
4. Appetite for innovation & growth
Illustrates wide applicability ✅
Public private partnerships at a community level.
Four criteria for success.
1. Mission & vision centred
2 Diverse skills based partners
3. Excellent & strong governance
4. Appetite for innovation & growth
Illustrates wide applicability ✅
How cities are reinventing the public-private partnership − 4 lessons from around the globe
A new form of public-private partnership is reshaping urban landscapes: Community-centered, public-private partnerships, or CP3s.
theconversation.com
December 17, 2024 at 7:45 PM
theconversation.com/how-cities-a...
Public private partnerships at a community level.
Four criteria for success.
1. Mission & vision centred
2 Diverse skills based partners
3. Excellent & strong governance
4. Appetite for innovation & growth
Illustrates wide applicability ✅
Public private partnerships at a community level.
Four criteria for success.
1. Mission & vision centred
2 Diverse skills based partners
3. Excellent & strong governance
4. Appetite for innovation & growth
Illustrates wide applicability ✅
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Please save a life by retweeting this
During this season, here's some UK mental health hotlines
Samaritans 116 123 or email jo@samaritans.org for reply within 24 hours
Shout Crisis Text Line text "SHOUT" to 85258, text "YM" if you're under 19
If you're under 19, Childline 0800 1111 (number will not appear on phone bill)
Samaritans 116 123 or email jo@samaritans.org for reply within 24 hours
Shout Crisis Text Line text "SHOUT" to 85258, text "YM" if you're under 19
If you're under 19, Childline 0800 1111 (number will not appear on phone bill)
December 17, 2024 at 7:32 PM
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