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AMA WA ACTION AGENDA

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GP PRIMARY CARE TASKFORCE

WHAT WE WANT

Development of a General Practice Primary Care Taskforce chaired by the Director-General, with appropriate stakeholder representation, including the AMA (WA).

WHY WE WANT IT

Effective use of GP-led primary care reduces demand on the tertiary health system, providing preventative care, reducing emergency department presentations and identifying services to prevent the need for tertiary care.

GPs must be recognised as being central to providing continuity of care, and supporting patients before and after hospital admission.

A GP Primary Care Taskforce chaired by the Director-General will have the skills and expertise to guide the genuine integration of General Practice with tertiary care providers, identify work that can be transferred from tertiary care to General Practice, and guide health prevention services.

Recognition of all GPs as specialists, and embedding better supports in the state system, will assist recruitment and retention of skilled practitioners, especially in rural areas.

  • WA’s Potentially Preventable Hospitalisations (PPH) per capita increased consistently from 2014 to 2017.
  • Country WA has one of the highest rates of PPH in Australia.

WHEN IT’S DONE

Reduced need for capital expenditure and associated running costs, better access to specialist services for rural and remote areas, and an in-place system to fall back on during disease outbreaks.

BACK TO ACTION AGENDA

AMA (WA) ACTION AGENDA

612 more public hospital beds Health budget increase of 5-6% p.a. for 4 years Save WA’s emergency departments from collapse
Amend Health Services Act to better support doctors A Fair Go: Job Security For Senior Doctors A Fair Go: Portability & Retention Of Entitlements For Doctors Legal privilege for healthcare workers during investigations
State-wide electronic medical record Enhanced services and clinical governance at new women and babies hospital Improved telehealth services and capacity
GP Primary Care Taskforce Independent review of WA Health Corporate Governance Decision-making transparency
Interim quarantine facility Best-practice workplace safety & improved processes to prevent COVID breaches Commonwealth quarantine facility