Queensland hints it could restart physician assistant recruitment
Doctors have warned health officials against hiring more physician assistants to work in public hospitals after a senior bureaucrat hinted it was on the agenda.…
Tag: Australian Medical Association (AMA)
GP registrar who shouted anti-COVID-19 vax tirade at AMA conference has suspension overturned
A GP registrar suspended after shouting at an AMA conference that COVID-19 vaccines were killing patients is free to return to medical practice following a…
AHPRA cuts rego fees by 30% for doctors on long-term leave
Doctors who take six months of parental, disability or carer’s leave will receive a 30% fee rebate, AHPRA has announced. It follows a long campaign…
Remove medicinal cannabis from Special Access Scheme, doctors tell TGA
Queensland doctors and pharmacists want medicinal cannabis removed from the special access scheme, saying the pathway is being used to bypass TGA assessment. AMA Queensland…
AHPRA accused of charging ‘unfair’ rego fees on parental leave doctors
Medical registration fees need to be reduced because of the inequity of doctors on extended parental leave or working part-time paying the same as high-earning…
Urgent care clinics accused of failing to provide proper clinical handover to GPs
GPs have accused urgent care clinics of providing inconsistent or non-existent clinical handover to patients’ usual doctors. The allegation is spelt out in a new…
AMA calls draft privacy laws a threat to doctors but plaintiff lawyer disagrees
A plaintiff lawyer has doused concerns that GPs could be sued for recording patients’ family history under proposed privacy law changes. The Federal Government wants…
AMA wants ban on dentists calling themselves oral surgeons
The AMA has another “misleading and confusing” professional title in its sights, demanding a ban on dentists calling themselves ‘oral surgeons’. There are some 66…
Dr Nick Coatsworth: Senior doctors should resist the ‘back in my day’ narrative
Dr Nick Coatsworth says intergenerational comparisons — the ‘back in my day’-isms — can make it harder to address young doctors’ mental health and burnout. The former…
The AMA is wrong — the medical board must make cognitive screening of older doctors mandatory
I am a middle-aged GP. As such, I have a while to go before I am likely to be subject to the mandatory health check…
