‘How the hell are we supposed to manage this?’: GPs in NSW left scrambling after new Covid order
Exclusive: statewide directive sent a week before Christmas tells doctors they are now responsible for low-risk patients in the community
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GPs in New South Wales have been left scrambling less than a week before Christmas after the state health department told them they will now be responsible for the management of Covid patients in the community.
On Friday NSW Health informed GPs through the state’s 10 primary health networks that there is a new state-wide approach for the management of low-risk Covid-positive patients, effective immediately. It comes as NSW Covid cases spiral with a record 3,763 new infections on Wednesday.
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