The Canberra Times
6/09/2009 10:35:00 AM

ONCE again it seems the jostling for position in the medical practitioner field is getting nasty.
Doctors, some 420 of them, have signed a letter opposing legislation which would enable qualified nurse practitioners to perform general practice services independently.

It is an ongoing debate, one which has been heard across a nation with increasing doctor shortages, the acceleration of emergency department waiting times and the general malaise of a health system groaning under the weight of overwork.