Exclusive: 252 GP registrar places left vacant as applications collapse
More than 250 GP training places remain empty — compared with last year’s shortfall of 82 — as the number of junior doctors applying for GP training plummets. Just 1749 doctors…
Siobhan Calafiore
Siobhan is a reporter with Australian Doctor Group.
ATAGI backs extra COVID-19 vax ahead of winter
ATAGI has green-lit an extra COVID-19 booster for all adults, regardless of how many vaccine doses they have received already, to increase protection before winter.…
Million-dollar doc: Is this the most lucrative GP job in Australia?
A small shire in WA’s Wheatbelt region may have broken records by offering prospective GPs almost $1 million a year in pay and benefits. Quairading shire is a two-hour drive…
Psilocybin and MDMA approved for medical use: TGA
Patients with treatment-resistant depression or PTSD could soon gain access to psilocybin and MDMA through authorised psychiatrists following a surprise TGA decision. Last week, the…
GPs and pathologists clash over Medicare funding for CV test
The RACGP has criticised a push for MBS-funded lipoprotein(a) testing to identify patients at elevated risk of heart disease, warning the proposal could be outdated…
Cutting rebates for long phone consults ‘unsupported by evidence’
The decision to scrap Medicare funding for GP telephone consults lasting longer than 20 minutes was not evidence-based and disproportionately punished poorer patients, researchers have…
Premier announces ‘much broader’ trial of salaries for GP registrars
GP registrars in Tasmania will have the option of being employed by the State Government in a major expansion to the so-called single-employer model for GP…
Doctors’ disciplinary history could be added to the AHPRA register under proposed reforms
Expired conditions and old suspensions could remain listed on doctors’ registration as part of an overhaul to AHPRA’s public register. Since 2018, the register lists any adverse…
KFP stays on paper after computer exam fails final test
The RACGP has scrapped plans for a computerised Key Feature Problem exam with just two weeks to spare, announcing it will stick with a paper exam after identifying a software…
‘Tip of the iceberg’: Doctor shortage blamed for rural maternity crisis
Doctors are warning of potentially avoidable deaths as a growing number of maternity units divert pregnant women to different hospitals. Gladstone Hospital in central Queensland…
