125 GPs and one anaesthetist working in Australia via IMG fast track, AHPRA saysÂ
One anaesthetist, one psychiatrist and 125 GPs have started working in Australia via the IMG fast track, according to AHPRA and the Medical Board of…
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‘Opportunity to reform AHPRA’: New CEO targets investigation timelines and emergency powers
“I want to be very clear about this: I see an opportunity for reform of AHPRA and the regulatory system. “I’m not talking about small…
‘Always gotta bury the body’: Surgeon self-reports to AHPRA after trashing Dr Monique Ryan’s election poster
A surgeon says he was joking when he was filmed tearing down an election sign of MP Dr Monique Ryan and then stomping on it, telling viewers…
Supreme Court judgement limits boards’ powers to pause investigations, says AHPRA’s top lawyer
Health practitioner boards have limited powers to delay decisions indefinitely after receiving a finalised investigation report, based on a recent case, says AHPRA’s general counsel.…
‘Mistaken and misguided’ doctors at risk of suicide under AHPRA’s name-and-shame rules, top GP warns
Some doctors will be at high risk of suicide under new AHPRA rules that will permanently list tribunal findings related to sexual misconduct on their…
Call for AHPRA’s emergency suspensions to be lifted after 12 months
Medical defence organisation Avant is calling for doctors’ emergency suspensions to be lifted after 12 months if AHPRA has not finalised its investigation into their…
Health Minister accuses doctors of misleading patients over safety of their three-day strike
Doctors say their planned three-day strike this week will not risk patient safety, with EDs remaining fully staffed and emergency surgeries going ahead. But NSW…
Health department tells doctors it could report them to AHPRA if three-day strike goes ahead
Health officials have told doctors they could be reported to AHPRA for striking next week and defying a legal ban on taking industrial action. The…
Hundreds of doctors sent warnings for prescribing semaglutide on PBS to patients without diabetes
Health officials have started a mass letter mail-out to doctors they suspect are using the PBS to prescribe subsidised semaglutide to patients without diabetes. Without…
Doctor’s defamation case against ‘nasty’ online reviews fails
A respiratory physician has lost a defamation claim over a targeted campaign of negative reviews after a court found insufficient evidence that the reviews had…
