included a paragraph titled ‘clinical which stated that advice advice’, ‘clinical or onward referral for further assessment or management should be through usual and that pathways’ toxicological advice could be obtained from the poisons information line or Austin Health.47 Despite these measures, some local general practitioners felt that they were not kept sufficiently informed during the Hazelwood mine fire, and as a result they were not able to appropriately advocate for their patients. Some general practitioners told the Board that in the absence of authoritative information, they do not become aware of trending issues until they see multiple patients presenting with similar symptoms.48 They told the Board that the Department of Health should have informed all local medical practitioners of the following,
included a paragraph titled ‘clinical advice’, which stated that ‘clinical advice or onward referral for further assessment or management should be through usual pathways’ and that toxicological advice could be obtained from the poisons information line or Austin Health.47 Despite these measures, some local general practitioners felt that they were not kept sufficiently informed during the Hazelwood mine fire, and as a result they were not able to appropriately advocate for their patients. Some general practitioners told the Board that in the absence of authoritative information, they do not become aware of trending issues until they see multiple patients presenting with similar symptoms.48 They told the Board that the Department of Health should have informed all local medical practitioners of the following,
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