GP’s anger at Labor’s bulk-billing pledge: ‘I went through all the stages of grief’
An RACGP faculty chair has described going through “all the stages of grief” after the Federal Government decided to expand higher bulk-billing incentives to all…
Ciara Seccombe
Ciara is a junior reporter at AusDoc.
‘I’d work six months as a doctor then have six months off for the pro basketball season’: Dr Darren Ng’s story
Starting both medical school and his professional basketball career aged 18, Dr Darren Ng “didn’t have much of a life”. “I’d go to medical school in…
Doing peer review for no money: a noble tradition or ‘conspiracy’ to enrich journal publishers?
Researchers are fighting the centuries-old tradition of unpaid peer review, claiming that publishers are banking huge profits off the back of their free labour. Four…
We will publish the fees each individual specialist is charging: Mark Butler’s pledge
A re-elected Labor Government will publish the fees that individual non-GP specialists are charging for common services, Minister for Health and Aged Care Mark Butler…
Medical Must-See: Menstrual cup, up and away
Menstrual cups have become an increasingly popular, environmentally friendly and cost-effective option, but there has been many a slip ‘twixt a cup and a urinary…
Why this GP (still) supports Mark Butler’s $1 billion urgent care centres
Associate Professor John Adie knows his enthusiastic support for the Federal Government’s urgent care centres is at odds with many GPs, as well as the…
Can doctors do anything about the deepfake medical misinformation threat?
Last December, endocrinologist Professor Jonathan Shaw discovered that an AI deepfake version of himself was calling doctors “idiots” for treating diabetes with metformin. He struggled…
The next Dr Monique Ryan? GP running for Parliament says former patients her ‘most dedicated volunteers’
GP Dr Verity Cooper had planned to spend retirement getting fit and seeing friends. That is until she discovered Independent for Sturt, a campaign group…
Medical board’s IMG fast track brings in 42 GPs in first three months
The Medical Board of Australia has approved 42 GPs, eight anaesthetists and three psychiatrists under its new IMG fast track that cuts out medical college…
Evidence linking isotretinoin to major cardiac events ‘weak’, Aussie review finds
An Australian systematic review of rare major adverse cardiac events in patients taking isotretinoin for acne has found only weak evidence for a causal relationship.…
