Pigeons: The maintenance menace plaguing public hospitals
Outbreaks of cockroaches, possums, birds and insects at major hospitals have been revealed after two deaths prompted a sweeping maintenance review of hospital infrastructure. The…
Carmel Sparke
Carmel is news editor of 6minutes.
Welcome to the first Australian Primary Care Nursing newsletter
This is the first edition of our Australian Primary Care Nursing newsletter — dedicated to celebrating the voices, expertise and experience of the 9000 nurses working…
‘Children shouldn’t suffer from the sins of fathers or mothers’: Dr Jamal Rifi on rescuing Australia’s ISIS brides
Dr Jamal Rifi, the GP who once built a COVID-19 testing clinic in his front yard, has been in the Middle East working to bring…
Police probe looms for surgeon accused of removing reproductive organs in unnecessary endometriosis procedures
Gynaecologist Dr Simon Gordon, who is accused of performing unnecessary endometriosis surgeries on women, including removing their ovaries and uterus, has been referred to police by…
Another state goes it alone on funding RSV vaccines for older Australians
As the Federal Government drags its heels on adding respiratory syncytial virus vaccines to the national schedule for older people, another state has decided to go…
‘You don’t heal, you don’t recover’: Emergency doctor on the death of his teenage son
Max McKenzie.The story of what emergency specialist Dr Ben McKenzie and his family have endured with the death of their teenage son is tragic. Four…
Speeding GP escapes driver’s licence ban as judge notes his ‘good works’
A doctor had his speeding fine and licence disqualification reversed after a judge extended leniency, noting the “good works” he does, particularly in aged care. …
‘He had a weapon and threatened to kill me’: Dr Marie Bismark on the home visit that changed her life
Professor Marie Bismark. Photo: University of Melbourne.To many, Professor Marie Bismark is best known for her academic work investigating the complex mix of factors that…
GPs and psychiatrists face higher rates of health impairment notifications to AHPRA, landmark study finds
GPs and psychiatrists are more likely to receive a health impairment notification than other specialists, a landmark study shows. The finding follows a review of…
Free haircuts and a year of lattes: Dr Jared Kilday’s master plan to recruit a GP
It is a recruitment package with the modern GP in mind: free haircuts, lattes, Pilates and craft gin. The fringe benefits are the brainwave of…
