Deadline looming: Are you one of 85,000 doctors who hasn’t paid AHPRA rego yet?
Doctors have until 30 September to pay $1027 and renew their AHPRA registration or face a $30 surcharge. The annual fee — which is slightly…
Antony Scholefield
Antony is a medical reporter with a special interest in technology and pharmacy.
GP referral networks crucial to stop cowboy cannabis prescribers, says top doctor
Knowing local GPs who prescribe medicinal cannabis is key to protecting patients from the “perfunctory” prescribers, says NSW Health’s chief addiction medicine specialist. Sydney GP…
‘Limited clinical oversight’: State minister to ban pharmacists from prescribing vapes to adults
The Tasmanian Government is refusing to implement a federal plan to let pharmacists sell vapes without a GP script, claiming it will turn pharmacies into…
Aussie doctor held hostage by al-Qaeda for seven years finally tells his story
Despite its intense drama, the plight of Dr Ken Elliott’s life is not well-known. Last year, he was released from seven years of captivity, having…
Is semaglutide prescribing the reason bariatric surgeries are down?
Bariatric surgery numbers have fallen to their lowest level since 2016, with doctors saying the drop could reflect the use of non-surgical options like semaglutide…
‘We’ve heard every Chicken Little argument around’: Pharmacy Guild’s message to GP leaders
Do medical groups waste time attacking the Pharmacy Guild of Australia when they should be advancing the interests of doctors? It is certainly the view…
Man sentenced to 10 years in prison for GP’s manslaughter
The man who pleaded guilty to Dr Peter Dunne’s manslaughter has been sentenced to 10 years in prison, with a non-parole period of eight years.…
‘We can’t forget to fund the current system while we design the future system’: RACGP president-elect
By the time Dr Michael Wright even becomes RACGP president, care plans rebates will be different, the Scope of Practice Review will be done and…
20% of eligible patients receive shingles vaccine within six months of NIP change
Monthly shingles vaccinations have soared from 30,000 to 200,000 since the National Immunisation Program replaced the live-attenuated Zostavax with recombinant vaccine Shingrix, data show. Until…
Meet the GP who engineered his own AI assistant: ‘My clinical work still pays better’
Dr Horst Herb is a rural GP by day. His evenings, however, are dedicated to coding an artificial intelligence (AI) tool to assess studies before…
