‘The NSW Government needs to realise people will die’: Psychiatry registrar quits for Victoria
NSW is home for psychiatry registrar Dr Nithya Reddy. It is where she grew up, undertook all of her medical training so far and became…
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All patients under 35 should be eligible for bulk-billing incentives: RACGP’s election pitch
The RACGP wants bulk-billing incentives to apply to all 3.7 million Australians aged 34 or younger, rather than just children and concession card holders. College…
Pharmacists to prescribe S4 antibiotics and contraceptives to concessional patients under the PBS, Fed Govt says
Pharmacists will diagnose UTIs and prescribe hormonal contraceptives for concession card holders from 2026, the Federal Government has pledged. The government will spend $100 million…
Psychiatrists want the Tony Abbott treatment — rebates that are 100% of the Medicare schedule fee
Psychiatrists want to join GPs with Medicare items that pay 100% of the schedule fee rather than 85% for outpatients or 75% for inpatients. The Royal Australian…
Do women really need annual mammograms after breast cancer cure?
Women successfully treated for breast cancer may not need the current intensive mammographic surveillance follow-up recommended in many countries including Australia, researchers say. A UK…
$130,000 salaries for registrars the new normal? Five states now trialling employment of GP trainees
GP registrars will receive salaries of $130,000 or more under Queensland’s four-year trial of the single-employer model. It means the Federal Government is now funding…
GP workforce numbers collapse to five-year low, report reveals
Australia had 29,215 FTE GPs in 2023, the lowest number since 2018 and the fewest FTE GPs per patient since 2015, the Productivity Commission has…
Medical Must-See: IUD travels ovary the hills and far away
A LARC that disembarked was the surprise culprit behind this woman’s abdominal pain. The 29-year-old presented to Punjab Rangers Teaching Hospital in Pakistan with moderate…
Miscarriage of justice? The clinical reasons why leading doctors say Lucy Letby did not murder babies
The media in the UK is awash with headlines about an international panel of medical experts that has declared there is no medical evidence showing…
NSW Mental Health Minister did not question $750 chauffeured ride to winery ‘because I was excited by my birthday lunch’
The NSW Minister for Mental Health has defied calls to quit over a $750 taxpayer-funded trip to a winery for her birthday lunch. Rose Jackson,…
