Medical colleges say a two-tier registration system for specialists is coming
The machinery for fast-tracking IMGs is meant to include internal wiring to ensure the medical colleges have some control over who can work as a specialist…
The machinery for fast-tracking IMGs is meant to include internal wiring to ensure the medical colleges have some control over who can work as a specialist…
Many GPs will know Dr Bruce Willett for his sartorial style, particularly the shoes. The RACGP’s former vice-president suggests the shoes are the only interesting thing…
Dr Nicole Higgins says that the first draft of the Scope of Practice Review, which hinted that nurses and pharmacists should get access to GP-level Medicare…
Mark Butler says that his encounters with outgoing RACGP president Dr Nicole Higgins were “an absolute pleasure” — with one exception. “One of my great…
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…
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,…
As a youngster in Perth’s middle-class western suburbs, Dr Andrew Davies wanted to be “some kind of professor of medicine”. “My mother was an obstetrician…
The Federal Government’s Scope of Practice Review says letting dietitians refer directly to gastroenterologists and midwives refer to psychiatrists will save patients money from “arbitrary”…
With assessments costing thousands of dollars, years-long wait times, exploding demand and little public sector help, ADHD care seemed at breaking point. Exactly one year…
Doctors have been warned to “brace themselves” for the findings from an inquiry into women’s pain that is said to have unearthed stories of misogyny…
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