Doctors slam plan for ‘lame duck’ urgent care GP clinics
The Victorian Government’s plan to pay five general practices to take on urgent patients may not even meet MBS criteria, warns Dr Mukesh Haikerwa…
Tag: Emergency Departments
‘Doctors have a right to go to the pub’: Minister defends hospital staff party
ED staff who attended an alleged superspreader event have been backed up by SA Health authorities.
Overcrowding in ED is not a new problem, so why haven’t we solved it?
Hardly a day goes by without a headline about ED overcrowding and ambulance delays. On the bad days, we read about people dying in the…
Pandemic sees doctors turn away from emergency medicine
Dr Kim Hansen says junior medics are choosing other specialities in response to surging COVID-19 cases and staff shortages.
Ambulance ramping causes preventable cardiac deaths: Aus study
The prevalence of handover delays needs urgent attention, cardiologists warn.
Overloaded doctors can’t deliver the best care – when is the system going to be fixed?
While politicians debate the quality of healthcare based on bulk-billing rates, those at the coalface — GPs, ED staff, paramedics and patients — know the real story…
COVID-19 vax safety: The fate of 968 patients who arrived at one ED fearing they’d been harmed
Almost 1000 patients went to one ED over three months.
Calls grow for govt to act on hospital crisis as COVID-19 deaths rise
'Clearly the pandemic is not over,' says AMA President Dr Omar Khorshid in an interview on Weekend Sunrise.
‘You owe us an apology’: GPs hit back at Queensland’s deputy premier
Earlier this week, Steven Miles suggested GPs were refusing to treat respiratory patients.
Anaesthetist sues hospital over alleged delays in daughter’s meningococcal diagnosis
Dr Brian O'Connell says he developed psychiatric injuries as a result of her 'very late' diagnosis.
