Change is hard, but that’s what the health system needs
The AMA has had an incredibly important role to play over the past two years. Early on in the pandemic, our priority was translating the…
Sophie Attwood
Sophie is a journalist at Australian Doctor.
Cases of Ebola’s cousin are rising – what do we know about the Marburg virus?
In July 2022, Ghana confirmed its first two cases of the deadly Marburg virus, a highly infectious disease in the same family as the virus that…
GPs don’t need to be present when nurses vaccinate – the MBS must change
I have a very simple message for the federal Department of Health and Aged Care: primary healthcare nurses are more than capable of vaccinating patients…
Does Centaurus present a real threat or is it a ‘scariant’?
A new COVID-19 variant has recently been detected in several countries, including the UK, US, India, Australia and Germany. Called BA.2.75, it’s a subvariant of…
Why we need to end medicine’s tough rite of passage
I would like to share an anecdote with you. It’s not set in general practice, but bear with me. During his law internship, my husband’s…
Medical Must-See: Is this COVID-19’s first spinal sequela? It’s a headturner
SARS-CoV-2 is a pain in the neck, and now it may have triggered this atlantoaxial subluxation.
AHPRA’s made a serious mistake in trying to silence Dr David Berger
Dr David Berger has been told to pull his head in by the Medical Board of Australia who wants him to undergo a re-education course…
Medical Must-See: This headache was a mystery – then the diagnosis appeared like magic
The CT findings were somewhat of a smoking gun.
General practice funding is in dire straits – but do we have the balls to solve it?
Judging by the plethora of articles appearing in the medical media of late, including AusDoc, our colleagues are starting to accept that general practice is…
The ‘no worries mate’ Omicron messaging is woeful – our leaders need to act now
Overall, Australian governments managed the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic well. Border closures and state actions, such as lockdowns, averted 18,000 deaths in 2020 and…
