A lesson in mealtime carb counting for type 1 diabetes
Josh is a 26-year-old accountant diagnosed with type 1 diabetes six months ago after presenting to hospital with diabetic ketoacidosis. Josh has no other known…
Tag: Allied health
Scope of Practice Review slammed over ‘flawed’ proposal to cash out MBS care plans
The Scope of Practice Review is going beyond its remit by suggesting “cashing out” a string of GP programs to fund multidisciplinary care teams, the…
‘What did your pharmacist say?’: The questions GPs need to ask to avoid the looming legal threat
I must add fuel onto Dr Paul Nisselle’s assessment of a possible increase in GPs’ professional indemnity insurance premiums due to the ongoing fragmentation of…
Unleashing an army of ignorant imposters to play doctor won’t solve the GP shortage
At age four, my grandson started attending full-day public school in Canada, because that’s how it’s done there. He’s been going to school for six…
Medicare should fund allied health referrals direct to specialists, govt review suggests
Specialists will be free to treat patients under Medicare without a referral from a GP, a Federal Government Scope of Practice Review has suggested. The…
Is the govt’s Scope of Practice Review already set on pharmacist prescribing?
In just a few days, the Federal Government’s Scope of Practice Review will start showing its hand. When Minister for Health and Aged Care Mark…
The next big thing? Let allied health refer directly to specialists
Tracking the embrace of mass antibiotic prescribing by pharmacists for UTIs over the last three years has been a real-world object lesson for anyone wanting…
‘Doctors are wrong — urine should be cloudy’: A day in the alternative world of alternative medicine
Who doesn’t enjoy a good trade fair? Whether it’s the booths outside a conference selling books and the latest equipment, or stalls selling food, tools…
Garlic milk for bubonic plague and COVID-19? How entrenched folk remedies fuel scientific misinformation
When London faced the bubonic plague in 1665, many people desperately sought a way to protect themselves and their loved ones from getting sick. One…
Mark Butler wants to ‘unleash’ pharmacists and nurses with scope of practice review
Pharmacists and nurses will be able to push for more GP-type roles as part of a Federal Government review into scope of practice. Minister for Health…
