‘Horrific’ yet ‘almost normalised’: Mental health patients in ED waiting hours for beds
“It is incredibly distressing to see patients who need admission to a specialist mental health bed waiting for over 24 hours in ED,” says Dr…
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Urgent care clinics expanding GP scope of practice, health minister says
The Minister for Health and Aged Care has told doctors that his $580 million urgent care clinics are helping to expand the scope of GP…
Another radical health experiment? The mystery of Queensland’s physician assistants plan
It’s taken a week and more twists and backflips than Olympic gymnast Simone Biles, but Queensland Health’s plans for employing physician assistants — a role…
Doctor says the trauma of dealing with domestic violence cases is driving his ED staff away
The emotional toll of dealing with domestic violence presentations in the NT is driving healthcare staff away from their jobs, the director of Alice Springs…
Meet RUPERT — the new decision support tool for treating kids with UTIs
Deciding when to prescribe IV antibiotics for UTIs in kids could soon be made easier thanks to Australian doctors who have developed a world-first individualised…
Blood, guts, vomit: Graphic TV campaign under fire for blaming ED overcrowding on patients
An “unapologetically graphic” health campaign to deter people from EDs has been slammed by the AMA for appearing to blame patients for overcrowded hospitals. The…
Nurse-led clinics costing taxpayers $195 per consult: official figures
Health officials misled the public about the cost per service at ACT’s nurse-led walk-in clinics by burying roughly $10 million in expenses, reveal documents obtained…
Patients using up to 500 ‘nangs’ a day: Aussie case series
Nitrous oxide abuse is causing severe symptoms from psychosis and hallucinations to spinal cord degeneration, ED doctors report in a case series of 22 Australian…
$227 million window dressing? Govt to fund 29 more urgent care clinics in the Federal Budget
A $227 million pledge to fund 29 more urgent care clinics has increased GP concerns about how the universal bulk-billing clinics funded directly by taxpayers…
GP urgent care clinic failing to open every day because of staffing shortage
A GP clinic at a major hospital advertised as a seven-days-a-week service has been closed for at least 18 days this year. Located in the…
