‘Pick your passions and say yes’: Professor Michael Kidd on his life as a GP registrar
Professor Michael Kidd.“She lived in a little caravan park on the banks of the river that flowed through Dimboola. “I remember just going up to…
Rachel Carter
Rachel is a reporter with Australian Doctor Group.
Psychiatrists, lawyers and families to debate clinical and medicolegal fallout of Westfield killings
Leading psychiatrists and lawyers will come together this weekend to discuss the clinical and medicolegal aftermath of the inquest into the Westfield killings. In April…
Paediatric gender clinic failed to properly assess children as Gillick competent before hormone treatment
A paediatric gender clinic that described itself as “gold standard” has been savaged in a damning report that found it was offering walk-in appointments to…
Australia’s schizophrenia guidelines have long been out of date — here’s what a new draft says
Psychiatrists have drawn up new schizophrenia management guidelines that would, if endorsed, mark the first Australasian update in a decade. The Royal Australian and New Zealand College…
No high-THC scripts, mandatory in-person consults — DVA cracks down on medicinal cannabis
The Department of Veterans’ Affairs has stopped funding high-tetrahydrocannabinol cannabis for new patients. New guidance released on Monday has introduced both a daily dose cap…
General practice has its first subspecialty — here’s what comes next
A seven-year GP campaign paid off last year when health ministers announced that rural generalism would become the first subspecialty of general practice. ACRRM and…
State Govt to let virtual ED renew ADHD scripts, blindsiding GPs and psychiatrists
An announcement that Victoria’s virtual ED will offer ADHD script renewals from September has stunned GPs and psychiatrists. The policy was announced on Wednesday, just…
Victoria to allow GPs to diagnose, prescribe and treat ADHD
Victorian GPs will join their interstate peers in being allowed to diagnose and treat ADHD for both adults and children under State Government reforms announced…
Govt-funded ADHD service does not address risk of patients falling through the cracks, GPs warn
*This article was updated on 5 February 2025 with a statement from the Tasmanian Department of Health. The focus on initial assessments at a government-funded…
‘They were destined to be a dead end — it’s not their fault’: GP’s PHN diagnosis
Dr Arn Sprogis says that, when the ashes of Medicare Locals were reconstituted as PHNs 10 years ago, their task was clear: do what their…
