GP practice to close after losing half its FTE doctors in a year
Dr Simon Jackson.A GP practice that was saved from closure four years ago is shutting for good after losing half its FTE doctors within a…
Rachel Carter
Rachel is a reporter with Australian Doctor Group.
Dr James Muecke reverses tack on a sugar tax campaign — here’s why
The 2020 Australian of the Year has called on the AMA to move on from campaigning for a tax on sugary drinks during a fiery…
‘People are close to despair’: The workforce trend threatening the viability of inpatient psychiatry
A 58-bed private psychiatric hospital closed its doors for good last month. Toowong Private Hospital in Brisbane moved to a wind-down plan after administrators received…
Why this GP is quitting corporate cannabis prescribing: ‘Boundaries between medicinal and recreational use are blurring’
A GP who quit his senior role at a cannabis corporate six weeks ago is worried for the industry’s direction, especially the blurred lines between…
Medical degrees that bind thousands of doctors to rural practice: an antiquated policy?
It was over 20 years ago that students first received the offer of Commonwealth-supported medical school places if they pledged to move to rural Australia.…
Aussie experts back dialectical behaviour therapy for premenstrual dysphoric disorder
Dialectical behaviour therapy is accepted treatment for borderline personality disorder, but could it help with premenstrual dysphoric disorder? Australian psychologists and psychiatrists have published a…
New aged care incentive ‘less viable’ for smaller GP practices: first evaluation
An early evaluation of the new aged care incentive seems to confirm fears that many GPs have ended up financially worse off. The new incentive…
‘This is too complex not to be done well’: Leading doctor’s message after PBS lists ketamine treatment for severe depression
The use of ketamine in psychiatric practice has reached an inflection point. After decades of cautious exploration and small clinics offering off-label racemic ketamine, in…
‘Some of the wildest pathology in medicine’: Why Dr John Zorbas says every doctor needs time in the Top End
“It is like playing a video game set on extreme difficulty.” This is new AMA NT president Dr John Zorbas describing healthcare in the territory.…
Bob Marley, syphilis and the power of letters: Professor Robert Parker on a decade leading doctors in the NT
Associate Professor Robert Parker.The story that has stuck with Associate Professor Robert Parker was told by his former boss Dr Alan Walker in 1989. Dr…
