State health officials are reporting between 10 and 30 doctors a month to AHPRA — here’s why
Health department officials in Victoria say they are routinely reporting between 10 and 30 doctors a month to AHPRA. Not all of them end up…
Tag: Doctor-shopping
Bake off GP takes a stick to his ‘crippling’ anxiety
The biscuit piñata that landed Tasmanian GP Dr Nurman Noor in the Great Australian Bake Off grand final has helped his 'imposter syndrome'.
‘Naivety’ around addiction led to doctor-shopper scripts, says IMG
The doctor said he had difficulty saying 'no' and had not been educated about prescription drug dependency before arriving in Australia.
GP slammed over ‘doctor shopping’ patient’s death
The patient was travelling from Tasmania to Melbourne to get morphine scripts from the doctor, which he took on top of his usual medication for chr…
Elderly ‘doctor-shopping’ for fitness-to-drive approvals
Patients over 75 are desperate to get their licences back, says Qld MP.
