Guest: Dr. Richard Kidd
Presenter: Henry Acosta
Guest Bio: Dr Richard Kidd is a GP owner/principal of Nundah Doctors Surgery. Chair of the AMA Council of General Practice, Board member and councillor of Federal AMA and AMA Queensland, and a past President of AMA Queensland, Richard chairs the AMA Queensland Real Time Monitoring Committee and sits on Department of Health and DVA committees including the My Aged Care Gateway Advisory Group, Practice Incentive Payments Advisory Group, the Health Care Homes Payment Mechanism Working Group, and the Health Sector Group in the Attorney General’s Department. A Board member of Scriptwise and of Peach Tree Perinatal Wellness, he is Co-Founder of Doctors for Refugees.
Richard is the Brisbane North PHN Clinical Lead, a member of the Queensland Clinical Senate, GP Alliance, Brisbane North Health Alliance, and Metro North Health and Hospital Services Committees.
Segment overview: In today’s Health Supplier Segment, we welcome Dr Richard Kidd here to discuss the importance of adopting of a compulsory national real-time prescription monitoring system to save lives in time for observing International Overdose Awareness Day. Those who are battling opioid painkiller dependence, and their families, are encouraged to access support via a recently launched website called turntohelp.com.au