Since the beginning of the Covid pandemic the Government has made changes to telehealth allowing Medicare rebates for telehealth consultations which was set to end of the 30th of September. The National Rural Health Alliance, the peak body for rural health in Australia, welcomed the Australian Government’s expansion of Medicare rebates for telehealth consultations until 31 March 2021. Connectivity remains a big issue in rural Australia, and we need to be improving internet infrastructure in the bush otherwise telehealth is difficult or impossible for patients and health practitioners to use,” said Dr O’Kane Telehealth means no more sitting in a waiting room full...