Jocelyn Wright

Jocelyn Wright

Jocelyn is a medical journalist with a special interest in women's and children's health.

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Australian Doctor News

Stalled immunisation rates leads to 140,000 measles deaths: WHO

6th December 2019
A decade of stagnating vaccination rates is to blame for a global surge in measles that infected nearly 10 million people…
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Children in Samoa
Australian Doctor News

GP visits over fertility concerns have tripled, prompting call for guidelines

3rd December 2019
GP visits by men concerned about their fertility have tripled over the past two decades, a study shows. And visits by women…
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IVF
Specialist Updates Rheumatology

Are you one of Duckett's 'greedy' specialists?

3rd December 2019
Private health insurers are in a “death spiral” and  a minority of “greedy” specialists are to blame, claims a new report by…
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Coins
Australian Doctor News

Let GPs provide hospital-in-the-home care, says college

27th November 2019
Private health insurance should pay for GPs to treat cancer patients, dress wounds or provide post-cardiac care in patients’…
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Empty hospital beds
Australian Doctor News

Aged care crisis: Govt commits half a billion dollars

26th November 2019
The Federal Government has announced hundreds of millions of dollars in funding for home care packages. It has also…
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Wheelchair
Australian Doctor News

Lyme disease lobby group gets government grant

21st November 2019
A controversial Lyme disease lobby group has received federal government funding to launch a new counselling and support…
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Bullseye rash
Australian Doctor News

'You have been prescribed an opioid': Patients to be given letter on hospital discharge

19th November 2019
Patients sent home from hospital with opioids could soon be handed Choosing Wisely-style letters explaining the dangers…
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Opioid blister pack