Meet the new boss: AHPRA moves in on college specialist pathways
To the medical colleges, it must feel like they have become an occupied territory — the way AHPRA has made growing incursions into their activities.…
Paul Smith
Paul is editor of Australian Doctor Group.
AHPRA adopts contested anti-Semitism definition to guide investigations
AHPRA has adopted a definition of anti-Semitism that includes denying Jewish people the right to self-determination, denying the Holocaust, or comparing contemporary Israeli policy to…
Mental health nurse accused of targeting vulnerable teenage patients to stay behind bars
A mental health nurse accused of having a foot fetish and targeting vulnerable teenage patients will stay behind bars after a magistrate called the matter “deeply disturbing”.…
‘The media doesn’t paint the full story’: AHPRA defends emergency suspension of transgender care critic
AHPRA has denied claims it is policing dissent over gender-affirming care after it used emergency powers to ban academic psychiatrist Dr Andrew Amos from talking…
The death of Baby R: It was a planned homebirth so why did it go so wrong?
Inquest findings came out last month into the death of a six-day-old baby. It was the result of an attempted homebirth, and in terms of…
Meet the 50 medical specialists honoured on the King’s Birthday
An incredible 50 specialists have received honours on the King’s Birthday — from those with achievements in federal Parliament to prolific researchers and leaders in…
A career less ordinary: Dr Warwick Middleton’s dive into a sewer trench to save a life
Professor Warwick Middleton.The King’s Birthday Honours were announced today. Here, we profile a pioneering psychiatrist with a fascinating life story — Professor Warwick Middleton, who…
‘It’s the start of a revolution’: Top endocrinologist on the first new therapy for type 1 diabetes since insulin
Last week, the TGA approved teplizumab (Tzield) for use in Australia. It is being hailed as the first new therapy for type 1 diabetes since…
Landmark drug that aims to delay type 1 diabetes approved for use by TGA
Patients in the pre-symptomatic stage of type 1 diabetes can now be treated with the first non-insulin medicine, which aims to slow the immune system…
RACP rebel board dismantled as AGM gets green light
An AGM to oversee the changing of the guard at the Royal Australasian College of Physicians will go ahead on Friday, following a series of…
