Are sick notes a waste of GPs’ time? The NHS thinks they might be
UK GPs have cautiously applauded an NHS England trial to take sick notes out of their hands. In England, sick notes are called ‘fit notes’…
Jamie Thannoo
Jamie is an AusDoc reporter.
More GP practices snapped up by health insurers — so is it good or bad for business?
Bupa will take over 68 primary care clinics and three urgent care centres after announcing its purchase of GP chain Partnered Health Group — yet…
‘Unaware it was political’: College presidents apologise over Labor fundraiser
The college presidents for psychiatry and O&G have cancelled their planned appearances at a fundraiser for a Labor candidate in Victoria’s upcoming election. Royal Australian…
Company’s plan to stop selling long-acting opioid substitution treatment in Australia ‘a disaster’
Drug maker Indivior has caught doctors off guard by announcing its PBS-listed depot buprenorphine injection will be withdrawn from Australia in December. Available as 100mg/0.5mL…
31 neonatal deaths, women in labour ‘coerced’ to go home: Inside the NHS maternity scandal
Sarah Hawkins (right) at a press conference following the publication of Donna Ockenden’s report, 24 June 2026, Nottingham, UK. Photo: AAP.It has been called the…
Fewer patients seeing multiple prescribers since SafeScript, MJA study finds
Prescription monitoring software has been linked to a 19% decline in patients being prescribed monitored medicines by four or more doctors, a Medical Journal of Australia study…
Finerenone slows eGFR decline in patients without diabetes, Aussie research shows
Finerenone lowers the risk of chronic kidney disease and kidney events even in patients without diabetes, Australian research shows, It is the first evidence that…
A lesson for Mark Butler? When New York published specialist fees, prices went up
Minister for Health and Ageing Mark Butler. Photo: AAP.As we know, the Minister for Health and Ageing is currently waiting for MPs to legislate his…
‘Extremely dangerous’: AHPRA faces doctor backlash over new anti-Semitism stance
AHPRA is facing a backlash from doctors, health workers and civil liberties groups after adopting a contested definition of anti-Semitism as a reference tool for…
A standing ovation for 13 months’ survival: Oncologists applaud new pancreatic cancer drug
The results sparked a standing ovation from a room of oncologists, many of whom grabbed their phones to photograph or video the slideshow. What the…
