Tip-offs from doctors are helping sideline shonky cosmetic surgeons: AHPRA
Medical Board of Australia chair Dr Anne Tonkin has thanked the doctors who have come forward with information on shonky cosmetic surgery operators, saying they’ve…
Tag: Cosmetic surgery
GP referrals for cosmetic surgery – low risk but complex
GPs have raised concerns about their responsibilities following AHPRA’s release of the Guidelines for Registered Medical Practitioners who Perform Cosmetic Surgery and Procedures, which came…
Almost 1000 patients join class action against celebrity cosmetic surgeons
Close to 1000 patients have now joined a class action against retired cosmetic surgeon Dr Daniel Lanzer and associates, alleging botched results, lasting physical deformities,…
Doctors fight looming ban on using ‘GP-surgeon’ title
Doctor groups are lobbying for rural proceduralists offering common surgical procedures, such as caesareans and abscess drainage to continue to call themselves ‘GP-surgeons’ amid concerns…
Misuse of ‘surgeon’ title punishable with $60,000 fines under draft laws
Cosmetic ‘surgeons’ who are not registered as surgeons, ophthalmologists or obstetricians will face potential prison terms of up to three years, and fines of up…
Mandatory referrals for cosmetic surgery a ‘medicolegal can of worms’ for GPs
The RACGP is worried more GPs will be dragged into negligence cases due to new Medical Board of Australia guidelines that patients must have a…
GP referral required for cosmetic surgery under latest AHPRA reforms
Patients wanting cosmetic surgery will need a GP referral from 1 July, under new guidelines designed to reduce the risk of exploitation by practitioners. AHPRA…
Patients in $2.7m negligence case ‘won’t see a cent’ due to indemnity loophole, says lawyer
Five women who successfully sued a cosmetic doctor for negligence are unlikely to see a cent in compensation due to an indemnity loophole, their lawyer…
Reckless: Surgeons warn health ministers that cosmetic cowboy reforms will fail
Surgeons say an endorsement model for accrediting cosmetic surgeons will fail to stop unscrupulous doctors from operating on patients. Health ministers last month agreed to…
Crackdown on surgeon title doesn’t go far enough: AMA
The plan to restrict use of the title ‘surgeon’ to just three medical specialties should extend to a crackdown on podiatric surgeons, the AMA says. Late last year, state…
