Medical Must-See: Ingested toothbrush returns after 20 years
This man bristled at doctors’ persistent questioning before eventually spitting out the fact he had swallowed a toothbrush 20 years ago for a drunken dare.…
Ciara Seccombe
Ciara is a junior reporter at AusDoc.
GP practices offered $600 per patient for bulk-billing ADHD assessments
The NSW Government is offering select GP practices $600 per patient if they bulk-bill initial consultations for ADHD diagnosis and at least one follow-up appointment.…
‘Vicious cycle’: Too many registered nurses facing burnout within months of graduation
Unsupportive workplaces, unrealistic workloads and the shock of suddenly carrying full clinical responsibility are the three biggest drivers of burnout among Australia’s newly graduated registered…
‘Excited to be back’: Landmark general practice study revived
A successor to the BEACH study has finally surfaced. The famous study of what actually happens in GP consulting rooms lost its funding a decade…
Nursing students to undergo virtual reality violence training before their placements
Nursing students at the University of Technology Sydney are set to complete a virtual reality simulation of patient aggression and violence before their first clinical…
Australia will need 7000 extra specialists in seven years: health department report
Australia will be short 6981 FTE specialists by 2033 yet simultaneously have an oversupply of 7867 FTE junior doctors, suggests modelling by the Department of…
GPs growing to like urgent care clinics, prominent GP says
GP complaints about urgent care clinics have started fading, says GP Professor John Adie, who compares the shift to orthopaedic surgeons slowly accepting primary care…
UK GP who faked bookings so she could make school pick-up allowed to practise again
A UK GP suspended for creating fake bookings to give her time to collect her children from school has been permitted to return to practice.…
Fair Work case seeking 35% pay boost for primary care nurses begins
Hearings in a long-anticipated case that could lift primary care nurses’ minimum award wages by up to 35% kicked off in Melbourne this week. The…
TGA warns doctors after 116 children given nasal flu vaccine when too young
Nasal flu vaccine FluMist was given to at least 116 children younger than the minimum indicated age of two last month, the TGA says. The…
