The GP with a 500km commute to work: Meet Dr Mary-Anne Lancaster
Dr Mary-Anne Lancaster and her Renault in Beechworth. As Dr Mary-Anne Lancaster steers her Renault Captur off the Hume Highway and heads for Victoria’s High Country,…
Rachel Carter
Rachel is a reporter with Australian Doctor Group.
Training for GPs to diagnose and treat ADHD not good enough, top paediatrician warns
The state-based training for GPs to diagnose and manage ADHD needs reform, with some programs putting too much emphasis on pharmacological treatment, a top paediatrician…
‘It left an indelible bad taste’: The impact of patient violence against doctors
Two years ago, emergency physician Dr John Zorbas found himself in the wrong place at the wrong time. “I was punched in the face by…
Junior doctors being ‘cheated’ out of study leave, says union
Junior doctors are being “cheated out” of study leave and instead having to use accrued days off, the Australian Salaried Medical Officers Federation has alleged.…
Dr Pethidia Mango: The GP who visits towns without a female doctor
Dr Pethidia Mango.“If you educate a woman, you educate a nation” is an African proverb that has stuck with Dr Pethidia Mango since she moved…
Will the Bondi Junction killings radically change how doctors manage treatment-resistant schizophrenia?
The horror of the Bondi Junction killings has been unpicked in forensic detail. But beyond the need to bear witness to what happened, the purpose…
Another private hospital to close as doctors warn of mental health bed crisis
The announcement of another private hospital closure has rung more alarm bells for the overburdened public mental health system. Aurora Healthcare said last month that…
Let nurse practitioners run urgent care clinics, says Australian College of Nursing
Nurse practitioners should be allowed to run Medicare urgent care clinics, with similar models showing it would be safe and effective in practice, says the…
War crimes? MSF Australia on Gaza, Israel and the concept of neutrality
Tom Roth, MSF Australia.We now live in a world where the protections borne of the horrors of World War II are unravelling. Hospitals are attacked,…
Ochre Health among winning bidders for $10.5 million govt contract for new bulk-billing GP practices
Two well-known GP chains and a local practice have won a share of the Federal Government’s $10.5 million contract to deliver three new bulk-billing GP…
