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The Minister for Health and Ageing will finalise whether the government’s 12.5% bulk-billing incentive payment will go to doctors or practices “over the coming weeks”. …
Surgeons die at a higher rate than other doctors, including through fatal car accidents or assault, a US study shows. Researchers found the age- and…
The 2020 Australian of the Year has called on the AMA to move on from campaigning for a tax on sugary drinks during a fiery…
A 58-bed private psychiatric hospital closed its doors for good last month. Toowong Private Hospital in Brisbane moved to a wind-down plan after administrators received…
A former police officer convicted of killing an elderly woman with a taser strike has been spared prison a second time after a court dismissed…
A rural GP who wrote 189 false COVID-19 vaccine exemptions has failed in his legal bid to have his tribunal case thrown out as vexatious.…
The Professional Services Review has successfully appealed a court ruling that stopped it demanding a GP hand over up to 25 years of medical records.…
*A previous version of this story incorrectly reported that the Medical Services Advisory Committee had rejected the application for transgender surgery Medicare items. It has…
Novo Nordisk is making another attempt to secure public funding for its semaglutide drug Wegovy, but only for patients with established cardiovascular disease and obesity.…
For decades, psychiatrist Scientia Professor Henry Brodaty has studied dementia, antipsychotic deprescribing and residential care treatment. He has directed the Memory Disorders Clinic at Sydney’s…
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