Royal Australian College of GPs
The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) has welcomed changes that will expand the range of health professionals who are able to register eligible Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to a program that affords access to cheaper medicines.
The Closing the Gap (CTG) Prescription Benefits Scheme (PBS) Co-payment programwas established in 2010 to improve access to affordable PBS medicines for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living with, or at risk of, chronic disease.
Under the new changes now in effect, any PBS prescriber or eligible Aboriginal Health Practitioner can register eligible Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people for the program.
Indigenous health practitioner helping Queensland Close the Gap
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Dani Beezley says she always knew she wanted to work with Aboriginal people.
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Growing up, visiting the doctors made Dani Beezley uncomfortable.
The Wulli Wulli and Wakka Wakka woman was raised in the rural town of Theodore in central Queensland.
While the 32-year-old has fond memories of visiting her local GP, she remembers sharing uneasy feelings with family when they had to approach others. I didn t really feel that comfortable, and I know that my parents didn t as well, she said. I think that might ve been because there weren t as many things put in place to make Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people feel safe and comfortable.