Mandatory health checks on older doctors will directly impact more than 3100 GPs, new figures show
The RACGP is warning about the risks of imposing mandatory health checks on older doctors, with figures showing that nearly one in 10 of Australia’s…
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Shortages of antipsychotic quetiapine ‘concerning’, says leading GP
GPs and patients have been caught off guard by a “concerning” shortage of the antipsychotic quetiapine. According to the TGA, the 25mg version of quetiapine sold…
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…
‘Young GPs are amazingly smart’: Dr Bruce Willett on mentoring the next generation, dealing with pollies and his sharp shoes
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: ‘Scope of Practice Review kept me awake at night’
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…
RACGP’s failure to back urgent care clinics is one of my great disappointments, Mark Butler says
Mark Butler says that his encounters with outgoing RACGP president Dr Nicole Higgins were “an absolute pleasure” — with one exception. “One of my great…
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…
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,…
Doctor rejects being a hospital specialist to be a GP for homeless patients
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…
Allied health referring to specialists will ‘blow out the budget, like the NDIS’
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”…
