Formal Contract Negotiations Preparations 2016

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* 1. Please indicate your age range.

20 - 30 years

31 - 40 years

41 - 50 years

51 - 60 years

61 - 70 years

> 70 years

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* 2. Your gender

Male

Female

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* 3. Are you a current RDASA member?

Yes

Unsure

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* 4. Which MMM category do you predominantly work in?

MM 1

MM 2

MM 3

MM 4

MM 5

MM 6

MM 7

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* 5. Please estimate the number of hours per week spent in clinical work at your practice (i.e. face to face, paperwork, follow up etc)

20 - 30 hours per week

31 - 40 hours per week

41 - 50 hours per week

51 - 60 hours per week

61 > hours per week

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* 6. Please estimate the number of hours per week spent at hospital on ward rounds, consultations in A&E and admitting inpatients.

0 - 5 hours per week

6 - 10 hours per week

11 - 15 hours per week

16 - 20 hours per week

21 - 30 hours per week

> 30 hours per week

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* 7. Please estimate the number of hours per week spent at hospital providing obstetrics, theatre and anaesthetic services.

0 - 5 hours per week

6 - 10 hours per week

11 - 15 hours per week

16 - 20 hours per week

21 - 30 hours per week

> 30 hours per week

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* 8. What is the current average time between a patient's request for an appointment with THEIR USUAL GP and being offered that appointment?

same day

24 - 48 hours

3 - 6 days

> 7 days

> 14 days

> 21 days

> 28 days

> 35 days

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* 9. At your practice do you bulk bill

All patients?

All patients in hours and charge a gap after hours?

Children?

Health Care Card holders?

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* 10. Do you usually charge a gap fee after hours?

Yes

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* 11. How many additional full time equivalent (FTE) doctors would you seek to engage in your practice during the next five years to meet your community needs?

	None	1	2	3	4	5	6 or more
Primary Health GP Care GPs	Primary Health GP Care GPs None	Primary Health GP Care GPs 1	Primary Health GP Care GPs 2	Primary Health GP Care GPs 3	Primary Health GP Care GPs 4	Primary Health GP Care GPs 5	Primary Health GP Care GPs 6 or more
Anaesthetists	Anaesthetists None	Anaesthetists 1	Anaesthetists 2	Anaesthetists 3	Anaesthetists 4	Anaesthetists 5	Anaesthetists 6 or more
Surgeons	Surgeons None	Surgeons 1	Surgeons 2	Surgeons 3	Surgeons 4	Surgeons 5	Surgeons 6 or more
Obstetricians	Obstetricians None	Obstetricians 1	Obstetricians 2	Obstetricians 3	Obstetricians 4	Obstetricians 5	Obstetricians 6 or more
A & E	A & E None	A & E 1	A & E 2	A & E 3	A & E 4	A & E 5	A & E 6 or more

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* 12. Do you provide after hours and weekend emergency services for your local hospital or community?

Yes

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* 13. How often per month are you ON FIRST CALL for Emergencies and A & E for your practice/town?

Not on call

1 - 2 times a month

3 - 5 times a month

6 - 9 times a month

10 - 14 times a month

14 - 18 times a month

> 18 times a month

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* 14. How often are you on call WEEKENDS for A & E?

< 1 weekend in 2

1 weekend in 2

1 weekend in 3

1 weekend in 4

1 weekend in 5

1 weekend in 7

< 1 weekend in 7

Not on call on weekends

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* 15. If you do procedural work (e.g. obstetrics, surgery, anaesthetics) how often are you on call for the procedural rosters in a month?

No procedural work

1 - 3 times per month

4 - 6 times a month

7 - 10 times a month

11 - 14 times a month

15 - 18 times a month

> 18 times a month

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* 16. If you have procedural skills, where did you obtain these?

Interstate

Overseas

N/A

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* 17. As a procedural GP providing obstetrics, anaesthetics or surgery, are you responsible for providing a replacement doctor for procedural work in your absence?

Yes

N/A

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* 18. How much leave would you use a procedural locum for each year?

1 - 7 days

8 - 14 days

15 - 21 days

20 - 28 days

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* 19. How easy is it to obtain a procedural locum?

Not necessary in our community

Easy

Occasionally difficult

Difficult

Impossible

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* 20. Do you intend to continue your procedural work in 5 years time?

Yes

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* 21. Do you intend to continue your same level of on call A & E commitment in 5 years time?

Yes

N/A

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* 22. Do you intend to continue your provision of Primary General Practice in rural SA in 5 years time?

Yes

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* 23. How likely is it that you will be working in your current practice in the future?

	Very likely	Likely	Somewhat likely	Unsure
1 year	1 year Very likely	1 year Likely	1 year Somewhat likely	1 year Unsure
2 years	2 years Very likely	2 years Likely	2 years Somewhat likely	2 years Unsure
5 years	5 years Very likely	5 years Likely	5 years Somewhat likely	5 years Unsure
10 years	10 years Very likely	10 years Likely	10 years Somewhat likely	10 years Unsure

If no, why?

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* 24. How many GPs provide services to the local hospital or provide on call A & E services for your local community?

2 - 3

4 - 7

8 - 12

> 12

If there are no GPs providing there services, why?

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* 25. Does your hospital have an annual formal process involving the local doctors to determine the required medical workforce?

Yes

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* 26. Has your practice participated in teaching any of the following in the past 12 months?

	No	Yes, 1 this year	Yes, 2 this year	Yes, 3 this year	More than 3 this year
Medical Students	Medical Students No	Medical Students Yes, 1 this year	Medical Students Yes, 2 this year	Medical Students Yes, 3 this year	Medical Students More than 3 this year
Interns	Interns No	Interns Yes, 1 this year	Interns Yes, 2 this year	Interns Yes, 3 this year	Interns More than 3 this year
Registrars	Registrars No	Registrars Yes, 1 this year	Registrars Yes, 2 this year	Registrars Yes, 3 this year	Registrars More than 3 this year

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* 27. How many weeks per year do you teach students, interns and registrars?

	0 weeks	1 - 4 weeks	5 - 20 weeks	> 20 weeks
Medial Students	Medial Students 0 weeks	Medial Students 1 - 4 weeks	Medial Students 5 - 20 weeks	Medial Students > 20 weeks	Medial Students
Interns	Interns 0 weeks	Interns 1 - 4 weeks	Interns 5 - 20 weeks	Interns > 20 weeks	Interns
Registrars	Registrars 0 weeks	Registrars 1 - 4 weeks	Registrars 5 - 20 weeks	Registrars > 20 weeks	Registrars

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* 28. If you supervise registrars in procedural skills, please indicate which specific procedural skill you could supervise registrars in?

Anaesthetic skills

Obstetric skills

Surgery skills

Accident and Emergency Skills

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* 29. Do you intend to continue teaching and training in the next 5 years?

Do not teach

Yes

Undecided - please comment

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* 30. Do you have the capacity to increase your teaching commitments in your rural practice and hospital?

Yes

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* 31. What are the limitations to increasing teaching and training?

Infrastructure

Time constraints

Lack of adequate renumeration

Lack of extra support for teaching

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* 32. If you are a procedural doctor, would you be in favour of GPs supervising registrars and signing off on their procedural skills in your rural environment?

Yes

Undecided

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* 33. Do you supervise IMGs who are on limited registration?

Yes

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* 34. Have you signed the 2014 - 2017 contract to provide services in rural Country Health SA hospitals?

Yes

Currently under other contractual arrangement

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* 35. Please rate your interest against the following items in view of the upcoming CHSA industrial negotiations. 1 is little interest - 5 is highly interested.

	1	2	3	4	5
Review of call payments	Review of call payments 1	Review of call payments 2	Review of call payments 3	Review of call payments 4	Review of call payments 5
SAMSOF item number review	SAMSOF item number review 1	SAMSOF item number review 2	SAMSOF item number review 3	SAMSOF item number review 4	SAMSOF item number review 5
Access to IT resources	Access to IT resources 1	Access to IT resources 2	Access to IT resources 3	Access to IT resources 4	Access to IT resources 5
Availability of procedural locum support	Availability of procedural locum support 1	Availability of procedural locum support 2	Availability of procedural locum support 3	Availability of procedural locum support 4	Availability of procedural locum support 5
Payment for attendance at hospital meetings (including audit and quality meetings)	Payment for attendance at hospital meetings (including audit and quality meetings) 1	Payment for attendance at hospital meetings (including audit and quality meetings) 2	Payment for attendance at hospital meetings (including audit and quality meetings) 3	Payment for attendance at hospital meetings (including audit and quality meetings) 4	Payment for attendance at hospital meetings (including audit and quality meetings) 5
Financial recognition in lieu of Long Term Service Leave	Financial recognition in lieu of Long Term Service Leave 1	Financial recognition in lieu of Long Term Service Leave 2	Financial recognition in lieu of Long Term Service Leave 3	Financial recognition in lieu of Long Term Service Leave 4	Financial recognition in lieu of Long Term Service Leave 5
Provision of safe working hours	Provision of safe working hours 1	Provision of safe working hours 2	Provision of safe working hours 3	Provision of safe working hours 4	Provision of safe working hours 5
Roll out of EPAS	Roll out of EPAS 1	Roll out of EPAS 2	Roll out of EPAS 3	Roll out of EPAS 4	Roll out of EPAS 5
Hospital nursing staff numbers	Hospital nursing staff numbers 1	Hospital nursing staff numbers 2	Hospital nursing staff numbers 3	Hospital nursing staff numbers 4	Hospital nursing staff numbers 5
Rural generalist registrar pathway	Rural generalist registrar pathway 1	Rural generalist registrar pathway 2	Rural generalist registrar pathway 3	Rural generalist registrar pathway 4	Rural generalist registrar pathway 5
Recognition of rural forensic medical examinations	Recognition of rural forensic medical examinations 1	Recognition of rural forensic medical examinations 2	Recognition of rural forensic medical examinations 3	Recognition of rural forensic medical examinations 4	Recognition of rural forensic medical examinations 5
Financial recognition of teaching and training or registrars and junior doctors in country hosptials	Financial recognition of teaching and training or registrars and junior doctors in country hosptials 1	Financial recognition of teaching and training or registrars and junior doctors in country hosptials 2	Financial recognition of teaching and training or registrars and junior doctors in country hosptials 3	Financial recognition of teaching and training or registrars and junior doctors in country hosptials 4	Financial recognition of teaching and training or registrars and junior doctors in country hosptials 5

Other (please specify)

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* 1. Please indicate your age range.

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* 2. Your gender

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* 3. Are you a current RDASA member?

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* 4. Which MMM category do you predominantly work in?

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* 5. Please estimate the number of hours per week spent in clinical work at your practice (i.e. face to face, paperwork, follow up etc)

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* 6. Please estimate the number of hours per week spent at hospital on ward rounds, consultations in A&E and admitting inpatients.

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* 7. Please estimate the number of hours per week spent at hospital providing obstetrics, theatre and anaesthetic services.

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* 8. What is the current average time between a patient's request for an appointment with THEIR USUAL GP and being offered that appointment?

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* 9. At your practice do you bulk bill

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* 10. Do you usually charge a gap fee after hours?

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* 11. How many additional full time equivalent (FTE) doctors would you seek to engage in your practice during the next five years to meet your community needs?

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* 12. Do you provide after hours and weekend emergency services for your local hospital or community?

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* 13. How often per month are you ON FIRST CALL for Emergencies and A & E for your practice/town?

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* 14. How often are you on call WEEKENDS for A & E?

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* 15. If you do procedural work (e.g. obstetrics, surgery, anaesthetics) how often are you on call for the procedural rosters in a month?

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* 16. If you have procedural skills, where did you obtain these?

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* 17. As a procedural GP providing obstetrics, anaesthetics or surgery, are you responsible for providing a replacement doctor for procedural work in your absence?

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* 18. How much leave would you use a procedural locum for each year?

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* 19. How easy is it to obtain a procedural locum?

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* 20. Do you intend to continue your procedural work in 5 years time?

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* 21. Do you intend to continue your same level of on call A & E commitment in 5 years time?

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* 22. Do you intend to continue your provision of Primary General Practice in rural SA in 5 years time?

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* 23. How likely is it that you will be working in your current practice in the future?

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* 24. How many GPs provide services to the local hospital or provide on call A & E services for your local community?

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* 25. Does your hospital have an annual formal process involving the local doctors to determine the required medical workforce?

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* 26. Has your practice participated in teaching any of the following in the past 12 months?

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* 27. How many weeks per year do you teach students, interns and registrars?

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* 28. If you supervise registrars in procedural skills, please indicate which specific procedural skill you could supervise registrars in?

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* 29. Do you intend to continue teaching and training in the next 5 years?

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* 30. Do you have the capacity to increase your teaching commitments in your rural practice and hospital?

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* 31. What are the limitations to increasing teaching and training?

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* 32. If you are a procedural doctor, would you be in favour of GPs supervising registrars and signing off on their procedural skills in your rural environment?

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* 33. Do you supervise IMGs who are on limited registration?

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* 34. Have you signed the 2014 - 2017 contract to provide services in rural Country Health SA hospitals?

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* 35. Please rate your interest against the following items in view of the upcoming CHSA industrial negotiations. 1 is little interest - 5 is highly interested.

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* 36. Are there any other issues you would like RDASA to be specifically involved in? Please record them below.