Doctors wanting 30% pay rise launch ‘largest ever’ pay and conditions claim
Hearings to fix the pay and conditions for 15,000 public hospital doctors have been branded among some of the largest industrial claims ever made. The…
Carmel Sparke
Carmel is news editor of 6minutes.
Health insurers’ most expensive case — $700,000 for patient with severe mitral valve disease
A new report has listed the high-cost claims being paid by health insurers, including a $700,000 bill for a single hospital stay. Produced by the insurers’…
‘Our college is not a parliament’: RACP president promises stability following months of turmoil
After months of turmoil, Dr Sharmila Chandran has survived a final attempt to remove her as the president-elect of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians. …
‘It’s not fancy, but it works’: How geriatricians in EDs prevented 700 hospital admissions
Geriatrician Dr Jonathan Beavers estimates that 700 older patients have avoided hospital admission thanks to an initiative he helped introduce into EDs in Melbourne’s east.…
Govt backs ‘green whistle’ during IUD insertion in response to women’s pain inquiry
Methoxyflurane — the ‘green whistle’ — will be used during IUD insertion across Victorian sexual health clinics in response to an inquiry into how doctors…
GP returns to work after vintage tractor rollover leaves him with permanent spinal damage
When his vintage tractor flipped, GP Dr Alex Sleeman knew he was in trouble. His foot was pinned beneath at least a tonne of metal.…
The news today? Patient becomes doctor to thank the surgeon who saved his life
Welcome to your bite-sized wrap-up. Below, we provide news summaries of what is going on in medicine, with links to the articles. ‘Get me through…
Junior doctor suicides — the story of a father who lost a son
Before a young registrar took his own life, his father says fate gave him a 50-50 chance to save him. It involved walking out of…
Sisters of murdered GP were on their way to see his new clinic when they were told he was dead
Dr Ashley Gordon’s family were meant to meet him to view his new GP clinic but instead ended up saying goodbye to him in a…
Flu deaths surpass COVID-19 for the first time in five years
More people died from influenza than COVID-19 in a month for the first time since the height of the pandemic, according to national figures. In…
