Create new MBS items for practice nurses, says AMA
The AMA wants practice-based MBS items to directly fund the work being done by GP practice nurses, arguing the current system fails to pay for…
Ciara Seccombe
Ciara is a junior reporter at AusDoc.
NDIS eligibility to shift away from ‘labels given by doctors’, Mark Butler says
Medical diagnoses will not immediately qualify patients for National Disability Insurance Scheme funding under a Federal Government plan to cut costs by billions of dollars…
Fewer medicinal cannabis scripts filled after AHPRA put prescribers on notice
The number of medicinal cannabis products dispensed fell nearly 30% in the second half of 2025, marking the first significant decline since they were legalised…
MP told to apologise for ‘naming and shaming’ non-bulk-billing GP practices
A cabinet minister has posted flyers to her constituents naming 20 GP practices that do not universally bulk-bill, which doctors have called aggressive and irresponsible. The…
Medical Must-See: Rare septal mucocele is nothing to sneeze at
A minor nasal symptom in a Portuguese woman has led to the fourth reported case of idiopathic nasal septal mucocele. The patient, aged in her…
Second state will let pharmacists prescribe first-time oral contraceptives
Another state is allowing pharmacists with extra training to initiate oral contraceptives, with taxpayer cash to pay for 5000 pharmacist consultations. The NSW Government announced…
Most-prescribed medicinal cannabis type ‘not supported by evidence’
Scant evidence exists on the efficacy of medicinal cannabis in the TGA’s most-used approval category, Australian researchers say. The TGA issued 112,000 approvals under Special…
Half of GP practices now universally bulk-billing, Mark Butler says
The Federal Government is two years ahead of schedule with its target number for fully bulk-billing GP practices, says Minister for Health and Ageing Mark…
‘Some doctors are milking the system, but few in number’: Dr Mike Freelander tasked with fixing specialist fee crisis
“People like doctors. They just don’t like doctors driving Lamborghinis.” These words from paediatrician-turned-MP Dr Mike Freelander sum up why the gap between specialist fees…
Remorseful nurse fined $10,000 after faking registration over 18 months
A former nurse who forged two registration certificates so she could work at a medical centre while unregistered has been fined $10,000. Janette Slater had…
