Federal Election

Illawarra GPs bleeding money as wait times blow out to six weeks

Kate McIlwain
Updated May 12 2022 - 12:46pm, first published May 10 2022 - 12:00pm
Under pressure: Wollongong GP Rowena Ivers is calling on the next federal government to increase Medicare payments to doctors to help alleviate the pressure on the health system. Picture: Sylvia Liber.
Under pressure: Wollongong GP Rowena Ivers is calling on the next federal government to increase Medicare payments to doctors to help alleviate the pressure on the health system. Picture: Sylvia Liber.

Wollongong patients are currently facing waiting lists of up to six weeks to see their family doctor, but despite being busy, some practices are losing so much money they are facing closure.

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Kate McIlwain

Kate McIlwain

Journalist

For more than a decade, I've helped the Illawarra Mercury set the news agenda across the region. Currently I'm the paper's health reporter - covering the stories of Illawarra workers and residents in the wake of a global pandemic and at a time where our health systems are stretched to the limit.

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