Urgent care clinics accused of failing to provide proper clinical handover to GPs
GPs have accused urgent care clinics of providing inconsistent or non-existent clinical handover to patients’ usual doctors. The allegation is spelt out in a new…
Paul Smith
Paul is editor of Australian Doctor Group.
AHPRA fast track to specialist registration attracts its first 50 overseas doctors
Nearly 50 doctors from overseas have applied to the Medical Board of Australia’s fast-track pathway to work as specialist GPs in Australia. The controversial pathway,…
We should not allow private insurers to fund GP consultations
Australia’s second-largest private health insurer, Bupa, has recently started offering its members three free GP telehealth consultations a year. This follows other insurers, such as nib, offering…
GP who disguised himself as a nurse to kill his mother’s lover jailed for 31 years
“You were in disguise, wearing a hat, tinted glasses and a surgical mask. “You were masquerading as a community nurse attending to perform a routine…
My most memorable day as a doctor? George Clooney, roadside trauma and saving my own mum
As part of our 40th anniversary, we asked readers to describe their most memorable day in medicine over the past 40 years. Here, you can…
Doctors and patients caught in fight between ‘big-profit’ Bupa and private hospital ‘bullies’
Yet another skirmish in the private hospital versus private health fund wars erupted this week. This one was triggered by Healthscope’s decision to start charging…
Trust in science and government eroded by pandemic response, says official COVID-19 report
The official report on Australia’s COVID-19 response says the initial high level of adherence and co-operation is unlikely to repeat in a future health emergency.…
Back of the class: Which medical colleges are rated worst by their own registrars?
Australia’s medical colleges have been given C and D grades by the doctors they are training, according to an AMA report card released earlier this…
What does it cost each year to work as a doctor? Find out with AusDoc’s survey results
What does it cost to be a doctor? Not the cost of becoming a doctor but just the cost of having your name on the…
Doctor wrote 12,000 medicinal cannabis scripts in six months, says AHPRA
A doctor working for a telehealth cannabis clinic has prescribed 12,000 medicinal cannabis scripts in six months, according to AHPRA — an average of 90…
