*A previous version of this story incorrectly reported that the Medical Services Advisory Committee had rejected the application for transgender surgery Medicare items. It has…
Physician assistants are threatening legal action to overturn the UK Government’s decision to restrict their scope of practice and rename them. NHS England’s 3500 physician…
A 24-hour strike by hospital doctors has been called off, at least for now, after the SA Government tabled a new pay offer. Negotiations had…
The Federal Government has shocked GPs with draft guidance that would require the GP colleges to prioritise bulk-billing practices for registrar training. The government wants the…
This article has been updated to acknowledge the role of Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care in the OECD study. Patients with…
This teenage girl’s persistent pelvic pain had a cause rarely seen in modern developed countries: a giant bladder stone, measuring 7.5×5.3cm. The patient, 14, had…
The NHS has told its 3500 physician associates to stop treating undifferentiated patients and to use a new title: physician assistants. The UK Government ordered…
Professor Britta Regli-Baronin Ungern-Sternberg von Purkel arrived in Australia with her husband in 2006 for a one-year stay. Almost 20 years later, she is still…
A GP backlash has forced booking site HotDoc to stop offering fast-tracked telehealth appointments to patients trying to book with their usual practice. A HotDoc…
Doctors have remembered Dr Brian Morton, a long-time chair of the AMA’s Council of General Practice, as a kind and dedicated colleague following his death…
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