AHPRA must not be used to ‘persecute’ doctors, say leading medics
Their letter to health minsters demands that sanctions against Dr David Berger are dropped and the regulator is audited over its handling of public advocacy complaints
More than a dozen prominent doctors and COVID-19 experts are calling for sanctions against an outspoken GP to be dropped, saying they fear AHPRA is being used as a means to “persecute” doctors for political reasons.
GP Professor Kerryn Phelps, epidemiologist Professor Raina Macintyre and former AMA WA president Dr Andrew Miller are among the 18 doctors and academics who have written an open letter to health ministers around the country.
