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Objective Health assessments (HAs) are available annually for community-dwelling older people: the 75+HA for non-Indigenous Australians aged ≥75 years and the 55+IHA for Indigenous Australians aged ≥55 years. Medicare requires general practitioners (GPs) to cover the items within the relevant HA form. This study explored the views of experienced GPs and practice nurses (PNs) towards the older-person HA forms.Methods Thirty-nine experienced GPs and PNs responded to an online questionnaire.Results In this study, experienced GPs and PNs suggested that current items within the 75+HA Medicare-provided guideline form need reviewing, such as those relating to psychological function, medication and exercise and falls. There were also recommendations to consider including items consistently across both the 55+IHA and 75+HA and to include new items, such as personal alarms, loneliness, support …