Nurse-led clinics costing taxpayers $195 per consult: official figures
Health officials misled the public about the cost per service at ACT’s nurse-led walk-in clinics by burying roughly $10 million in expenses, reveal documents obtained…
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‘The children were sent to an expected death … We could do nothing’: The memories haunting Dr Michael Clements
Dr Michael Clements tries to avoid watching the bloody images coming out of Gaza. It is not because he does not care but because of…
Former RACGP presidential candidate slammed for tweet about killing of doctor’s son
Doctors have slammed a former RACGP presidential candidate for suggesting a suspected murderer may have been ‘goaded’ before killing his two-year-old son and himself. Dr…
Coroner says all GPs should be subject to compulsory family violence training
A coroner has criticised the RACGP for failing to mandate its six-hour family violence CPD program after a patient who had told her GP that…
‘A nightmare’: Doctors react after govt promises patients immediate access to test results
“A patient with a large uterine fibroid read and misunderstood the radiologist’s report. “She believed her condition was terminal. × Welcome to AusDoc. Enabling and…
Medical board plan to fast-track specialist IMGs an ‘attack on medical colleges’
The Medical Board of Australia has revealed plans for an expedited specialist pathway for IMGs from certain countries that would cut specialist colleges out of…
Third GP loses appeal to keep specialist status following historical paperwork blunder
A GP who was stripped of her specialist registration when a decade-old paperwork bungle was discovered has lost her legal appeal. Dr Tracey Rush is…
Medical colleges pushed aside as ministers demand more specialist IMGs to fix workforce crisis
Something of both symbolic and real-world importance was announced by the Medical Board of Australia yesterday. It came in a media release that talked of a plan…
‘Not an anti-vax manifesto’: Shock as COVID-19 vax sceptics latch onto AJGP article
Politicians and bloggers opposed to COVID-19 vaccines are claiming an article in the RACGP’s house journal has exposed the ‘truth’ about vaccines. However, author Emeritus…
GPs billing for point-of-care HbA1c tests risk breaking Medicare rules: RACGP
GPs have claimed thousands of rebates for point-of-care HbA1c tests even though no GP practice has met a mandatory accreditation rule, the RACGP says. The…
