Almost 1200 ED presentations linked to unapproved peptide use, figures show
The scale of harm linked to unapproved peptide use has been laid bare, with new figures revealing a sharp uptick in patients presenting to EDs…
Jamie Thannoo
Jamie is an AusDoc reporter.
Medicare spending to fall behind hospitals over next 40 years: report
Commonwealth spending on Medicare is set to lag behind federal investment into public hospitals over the next four decades, new modelling shows. Released last month,…
RACP to decide whether to boot out its disgraced former president, Dr Leslie Bolitho
The Royal Australasian College of Physicians says it will decide whether its former president will be booted out of the college after he was banned…
Doctors and MPs call for independent authority to monitor ‘murky’ private health system
Two crossbenchers are pushing for an independent regulator to oversee the private health system, which they say would act as a “referee” to keep insurer…
‘Medical journals are dependent on goodwill’: Why staff at The Lancet are going on strike
Founded in 1823, The Lancet has seen many firsts — the first reports on using antiseptics in surgery, the first use of the term shell shock, the…
State’s pharmacists given powers to ‘resupply’ MHT without a script — GPs not happy
Victoria will be the first state to allow its pharmacist prescribers to resupply menopausal hormone therapy to women without a doctor’s script. The move is…
Statins, ECG monitoring and defining myocardial infarction: updates from the European Cardiology Congress
This year’s European Society of Cardiology congress in Munich delivered a mix of new guidelines, trial results and emerging technologies with potential implications for clinical…
Health dept officials reveal options for fixing the assignment of benefit shemozzle
Health department officials are working out how to make its assignment of benefit changes easier, three months into a transition period that followed a botched…
Budget changes put practice managers at the centre of structure and succession decisions
Stuart Chan.Changes to service trusts and capital gains tax could bring forward major decisions for medical practice owners, with practice managers often responsible for understanding,…
AAPM keynote: What a heart attack and five million plastic lids can teach practice teams
Adam Slater.What do an astrobiologist, a life-altering heart attack and a sea turtle have to do with running a healthcare practice? More than you might…
