In Consultation

I would like to thank the doctors and practices that I have met with over the last few months to consider IPNs involvement in the HCH trial; the feedback provided...

Well, another budget season has been and gone. As the dust is settling, it seems a good time to stand back, take a deep breath and consider what this means...

A great deal has been said about the future of General Practice in the last 12 months with new models of care, revamped Medicare pay mechanisms, voluntary patient registrations, care...

Last week, the Federal Government delivered its pre-election budget. As you will know, among the measures announced was an extension of the freeze in indexation on the MBS rebates until...

As part of my role as the Chief Executive Officer of IPN Medical Centres, as well as a practising GP at an IPN practice in Sydney, I take pleasure in...

I’m delighted to share IPN Medical Centre’s latest GP Satisfaction Survey results which report record levels of GP satisfaction. A significant cross section of GPs working with IPN participated in...

The other day, I saw one of my long-term patients (we’ll call him Fred), a lovely old guy I’ve known and treated for a long time. A few years back...

In recent years, we have made great progress in the treatment of mental health issues but we need to go a good deal further to achieve the goal of a...

Welcome to another post of my regular CMO’s blog. IPN Affiliate Benefits I’d like to update you on the range of benefits that you can access as the result of being affiliated...

Part of my role as the Chief Medical Officer of IPN Australia is to talk to GPs overseas about what their working life might be like if they were to...

I’m pleased to say that our inaugural Skin Cancer Conference took place successfully last month in Sydney. The one-day conference was warmly praised by all who attended and I’m looking...

Welcome to the CMO’s blog. The idea behind this is to provide you with some information about what’s happening in my sphere of influence. The date at which we’re all supposed...