Doctors suspended after ‘complete dereliction’ of IMG supervision rules
An IMG has been suspended, along with two other doctors, after she was allowed to treat patients unsupervised while on provisional registration — even after…
Tag: AHPRA
New AHPRA powers will remove details from register if doctors’ families at risk
AHPRA has new powers to delete information from the public medical register if it could put doctors’ families or colleagues’ safety at risk. It follows…
‘AHPRA investigated me over a patient I had never met’
When this GP received an AHPRA notification, two things stood out. It used the wrong practice address, and the GP had never treated the patient.…
‘My career was over in a second’: Dr Stacy Patterson on her Parkinson’s diagnosis at 29
Dr Stacy Patterson first noticed a tremor in her left hand in 2018. At the time, she was training as an obstetrics and gynaecology registrar…
Chiropractic board reinstates ban on spinal manipulation in babies but for how long?
The rapid unravelling of the Chiropractic Board of Australia’s position on spinal manipulation in babies is about more than regulatory red faces. The board initially…
How Novo Nordisk lobbied AHPRA and the TGA to get compounded semaglutide banned
More than a year before the Federal Government announced its compounding ban, the pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk was making complaints to AHPRA about pharmacies compounding…
Spinal manipulation in babies: Mark Butler demands ‘please explain’ from chiropractic board
The Minister for Health and Aged Care is demanding the Chiropractic Board of Australia explain its decision to lift the ban on chiropractors performing spinal…
Chiropractic board reverses ban on spinal manipulation of babies despite ‘very poor’ evidence
Chiropractors have been given the green light to resume spinal manipulation of babies after being banned from the practice five years ago. Backed by health…
Telehealth clinics ‘misleading’ inexperienced doctors into poor prescribing: AHPRA
Telehealth corporates and cannabis clinics are misleading early-career doctors who do not realise they are prescribing inappropriately, AHPRA is warning. The watchdog has announced a…
Is the AHPRA system too complicated? Health officials launch review to find out
An independent review of the AHPRA system will attempt to streamline the complaints process, including the involvement of tribunals, by culling “unproductive” and “unnecessary” parts…
