Prescribing pharmacists could risk an AHPRA investigation if they dispense a prescription without declaring a conflict of interest to patients, the watchdog’s latest guidance suggests.…
When Dr Ian Spencer started his medical training in the 1960s, his mathematics requirement was completed on a hand-driven bookkeeping machine. When he studied obstetrics,…
Newly graduated medical students will be allowed to defer paying their registration fees for up to six months under a new AHPRA pilot program. The…
Minister for Health and Ageing Mark Butler.How can we define a greedy doctor? The language is more restrained, but this is the question at the…
Women with a history of gestational diabetes mellitus who go on to develop type 2 diabetes are diagnosed almost 13 years earlier on average and…
The RACGP has defended its new environmental accreditation standards, saying that making practices “climate resilient” is about patient safety, not swamping practices with unnecessary red…
The planned 1 October rollout of PBS prescribing by endorsed RNs is expected to be temporarily shelved amid concerns that clinical software and health services…
Just 11% of the IMGs brought into Australia under AHPRA’s controversial fast-track pathway are working in rural areas of need, an evaluation has found. The…
Specialist fees for colonoscopies and knee replacements are “taking off like a rocket” once they hit the 95th percentile, Mark Butler has said, telling the…
Dr Max Mollenkopf says the RACGP has “absolutely stooged practice owners” over its accreditation demands for practices to have “climate change champions”. The high-profile GP…
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