Patient death at hospital that had no doctors for four days ‘wholly preventable’: coroner
A patient has died at a hospital with no doctors after a telehealth GP prescribed aspirin without knowing of his NSAID hypersensitivity, a coroner has…
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Why this GP (still) supports Mark Butler’s $1 billion urgent care centres
Associate Professor John Adie knows his enthusiastic support for the Federal Government’s urgent care centres is at odds with many GPs, as well as the…
Fellowship exams are rubbish — all they do is push brilliant doctors away from medicine
“In examinations, the foolish ask questions that the wise cannot answer.” — Oscar Wilde I don’t believe we need exams. × Welcome to AusDoc. Enabling…
Medical board’s IMG fast track brings in 42 GPs in first three months
The Medical Board of Australia has approved 42 GPs, eight anaesthetists and three psychiatrists under its new IMG fast track that cuts out medical college…
The region at tipping point after five GP practices close in a year
When a Cairns practice called Trinity GPs shut down last month, it marked the fifth local GP practice closure in just a year. The city…
Tactical blunder? Professor Ian Hickie on the mass psychiatrist resignations
“If surgeons walked out tomorrow and there was no surgery, it takes 24 hours for politicians to fix it. “If the emergency room physicians walked…
‘The NSW Government needs to realise people will die’: Psychiatry registrar quits for Victoria
NSW is home for psychiatry registrar Dr Nithya Reddy. It is where she grew up, undertook all of her medical training so far and became…
$130,000 salaries for registrars the new normal? Five states now trialling employment of GP trainees
GP registrars will receive salaries of $130,000 or more under Queensland’s four-year trial of the single-employer model. It means the Federal Government is now funding…
GP workforce numbers collapse to five-year low, report reveals
Australia had 29,215 FTE GPs in 2023, the lowest number since 2018 and the fewest FTE GPs per patient since 2015, the Productivity Commission has…
The NSW psychiatry registrars left behind: ‘We’ll be propping up a broken system. We won’t be learning’
After six years of psychiatry training, registrar Dr Lauren Amor was ready to qualify and take her place as a NSW junior psychiatrist. She would…
