Here are the three doctors vying to become the AMA’s next president
The government’s plans to potentially cap specialist fees, the issue of non-doctor prescribing and the messy AMA Queensland divorce will be key issues confronting the…
Ciara Seccombe
Ciara is a junior reporter at AusDoc.
‘Prospects are grim’: Force medical colleges to prioritise graduates from Australian unis for training, students tell govt
Medical students are demanding that the Federal Government force medical colleges to prioritise graduates of Australian universities for registrar positions to fix the specialist training…
RACGP election: Who are the candidates and what problems will they need to try to fix?
The risks of non-doctors prescribing S4 and S8 medicines, low Medicare rebates and the devaluing of general practice all loom large for whoever wins the RACGP’s presidential election. As the candidates…
Judge rejects claim ‘activist doctors’ drove NHS crackdown on physician assistants
A lobby group for physician assistants will pay $63,000 in costs after a court dismissed its allegations that NHS England’s decision to restrict their scope…
Meet the practice nurse training to become one of Australia’s first RN prescribers
Benjamin Jol.Benjamin Jol is to become one of the first RNs to start prescribing S4 medications with the support of his GP colleague. Currently, there…
Why this GP is helping his practice nurse to become one of the first RN prescribers
Dr Puneet Goyal.Practice nurse Benjamin Jol is to become one of the first RNs to start prescribing S4 medications with the support of his GP…
Pharmacy guild vs RACGP: Social media scrap over four-second radio clip
The Pharmacy Guild of Australia and the RACGP are waging an emoji-filled war of words on LinkedIn and Facebook over a four-second radio clip of…
GPs and their specialist referrals: Is the system working?
It is not often you see detailed analysis of one of the most fundamental elements of the health system: the decision-making underpinning a patient’s journey…
Self-test for chlamydia and gonorrhoea suspended by TGA over false-negative concerns
The TGA has suspended the registration of Australia’s only self-test for gonorrhoea and chlamydia after independent testing raised concerns about false negatives. The TGA said…
Medical Must-See: Doctors fix a clinical hand-off
A metal-cutting guillotine made short work of a Mexican man’s hand. It took doctors seven hours to reattach it. The accident happened when the right…
