Dr Hobart’s troubles with the COVID-19 vax, tributes to a GP icon and Chelmsford returns

A number of doctors were brought to attention of regulators for their views on the COVID-19 public health response

In our series this week, AusDoc looks back on a turbulent year

While most doctors want to avoid contact with AHPRA at all costs, former GP registrar Dr William Bay went out of his way to attract the watchdog’s attention after he self-detonated his career in spectacular fashion at the AMA national conference in August.

Interrupting a presentation by Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly – while medical board chair Dr Anne Tonkin watched on in the audience – he berated Australia’s top medico for “gaslighting” doctors over the safety of COVID-19 vaccines.