Feature While only 341 GPs received the letter, it has generated outrage throughout general practice. For two GPs from the US and the UK, Australia’s system of universal healthcare has been a boon. It has given them the chance to provide holistic mind–body health advice and tackle patients with complex mental and physical issues – the challenging work they love to do. Until now, at least. As they tell newsGP , the recent Department of Health (DoH) crackdown on co-claiming mental and physical health Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) items has left them bruised. One GP, Dr Susan Tyler-Freer, has left general practice entirely, while the other, a Sydney GP who wishes to remain anonymous, is considering his options. Meanwhile, a patient concerned by the compliance campaign has told newsGP that her GP effectively saved her life by treating her mind and body while she experienced severe depression. ‘I can […]