Serious assaults against healthcare workers double in a decade: report
Patients are increasingly lashing out at healthcare workers, with the rate of hospitalisations following an assault doubling over the past decade. New AIHW data released…
Carmel Sparke
Carmel is news editor of 6minutes.
Dr Kerry Jewell on being diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer weeks after her first novel came out
Dr Kerry Jewell was a second-year resident when she began capturing the mix of heartbreaking and absurd scenes she had just witnessed on one especially…
Hospital bosses drop misconduct claims against Dr Jillian Spencer following gender dysphoria row
Child psychiatrist Dr Jillian Spencer says she has been vindicated after Queensland Children’s Hospital withdrew misconduct allegations following her criticism of its gender service’s use…
GPs blindsided as PBS withdraws their adrenaline prescribing rights
A longstanding exemption that allowed certain GPs to initiate PBS-funded adrenaline treatment has reportedly been scrapped. Under the revised rules, these GPs will only be…
Breaking the silence: Dr Dominique Lee on how she survived sexual assault by her would-be supervisor
In 2013, Dr Dominique Lee — then a radiation oncology registrar — was drugged and sexually assaulted by Professor John Kearsley at his home. Over…
‘Patient safety fail’: AMA blasts pharmacy board’s autonomous prescribing vision
The AMA has applied a blowtorch to the Pharmacy Board of Australia’s plan for autonomous pharmacist prescribing of S4 and S8 drugs, accusing it of…
Dr Tatum Maybir: The inspiring story of a mum of six who made it into medicine
Dr Tatum Maybir.During a childhood of constant upheaval, Dr Tatum Maybir never imagined she would become a doctor, let alone do it while raising six…
‘Lives will be lost’: Trauma doctors warn medicinal cannabis driving threshold has no scientific basis
Leading trauma surgeons, anaesthetists and ED doctors have condemned a government plan to allow 300,000 medicinal cannabis users to drive while on the drug, warning…
From sepsis survivor to world traveller: Practice nurse wins $125,000 gap year
It has been a long time coming, but after more than 42 years of nursing, Yvonne Reynolds is finally getting her gap year. The Brisbane…
‘She didn’t need to die’: Doctors felt helpless in aftermath of freebirther’s death
“She didn’t need to have this happen to her. We could have helped her if only we had been involved, if only we had had…
