Pharmacists will diagnose and treat skin conditions from October: Vic Govt
The Victorian Government will fund pharmacists to diagnose and treat UTIs, “some mild skin conditions” and to renew contraceptive scripts from October this year. Premier…
Antony Scholefield
Antony is a medical reporter with a special interest in technology and pharmacy.
Medical board cracks down on text-based consults despite protests from telehealth corporates
The Medical Board of Australia will warn doctors not to prescribe to new patients based on online questionnaires or emails alone, forging ahead with new…
Review finds AHPRA lacks ‘clear process’ for helping doctors under investigation at risk of self-harm
An AHPRA review that identified 16 suicides of health practitioners under investigation found there was no clear process for investigators to escalate concerns about a…
Cost of living crisis: Patients ‘missing appointments to save on petrol’
New patients are drifting in to see Dr Tim Senior. His practice, an Aboriginal health service, is seeing an increasing number of patients with “a…
KFP and AKT will stay paper based ‘for the foreseeable future’
The RACGP is sticking with pens and paper for two of its fellowship exams, the Key Feature Problem and Applied Knowledge Test, having decided computer-based…
Govt reveals $2000 ‘indicative’ payment for patient enrolment scheme
GP practices will receive around $2000 a year for each hospital frequent flyer they register under the Federal Government’s patient enrolment scheme, the AMA says.…
Tasered aged care resident dies as police officer faces charges
A 95-year-old woman who was hospitalised after being tasered at a nursing home has died, with a police officer facing three criminal charges over the…
No tripled bulk-billing incentives for level A consults, health officials say
Bulk-billed level A consults will only attract the existing bulk-billing incentives — $6.60 in metropolitan areas — even after new incentives worth three times as…
AMA will lose PSR veto powers: govt
The AMA will lose its power to overrule Federal Government decisions on who leads PSR under draft laws introduced to Parliament today. It follows a…
Improve recognition of overseas GP training to boost IMG workforce: review
An overly bureaucratic process for IMGs moving to Australia is giving New Zealand the advantage in attracting doctors from overseas, a government-commissioned review suggests. An…
