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    Tag: health policy

    Don’t promote yourself as ‘the doll-maker’ or ‘magic hands’: AHPRA

    June 4, 2025

    New AHPRA guidelines warn cosmetic doctors to stop advertising with terms such as “doll-maker”, “sculptor”, “artist” or “magic hands”. Two new guidelines on non-surgical cosmetic…

    A win for patients or medicalising ‘normal’? Why I’m uneasy about GPs diagnosing ADHD

    June 4, 2025

    The recent announcement that NSW GPs will be allowed to diagnose and treat ADHD raises concerns for this old silver fox. Over the past few…

    UK Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Wes Streeting. AAP.

    The dismal science returns: How do you make GLP-1 RAs worth taxpayers’ money?

    June 2, 2025

    There are many wondrous things about GLP-1 receptor agonists, not least their capacity to cripple health budgets. Given the scale of obesity and its economic…

    GP registrars offered $40,000 to train in Queensland

    May 28, 2025

    Almost 600 GP registrars can get a one-off $40,000 payment this year to lessen the financial pain of leaving the hospital system, the Queensland Government…

    Human rights versus risk aversion: Why involuntary treatment is increasing in this state

    May 26, 2025

    Almost a decade ago, new mental health legislation in Queensland aimed to minimise involuntary treatment of people with disabilities and severe mental illness. The Mental…

    Breaking news: Govt announces new rebates for MBS care plan items

    May 23, 2025

    The Federal Government has finally revealed that writing up or reviewing a chronic disease care plan will attract a rebate of $156.55 under its long-delayed…

    Mark Butler. Twitter.

    Higher rebates for specialist attendances ‘off the table’ despite $141 average gap fee

    May 23, 2025

    The Minister for Health and Aged Care has shot down a suggestion he could raise rebates for non-GP specialists to stop out-of-pocket costs spiralling further…

    State Govt will cover the cost of pharmacist consults for 20 medical conditions including diabetes and hypertension

    May 20, 2025

    Victorian pharmacists with extra training will manage and prescribe S4 drugs for type 2 diabetes, hypertension and allergies through taxpayer-funded consultations, Premier Jacinta Allen says.…

    NSW Health Minister Ryan Park.

    Govt-run locum agency will give taxpayers ‘bang for buck’, says State Health Minister

    May 16, 2025

    A government-run locum agency is coming “sooner rather than later”, says the NSW Minister for Health as he grapples with a $240 million annual bill…

    Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. AAP.

    Will Albo’s dreams of mass bulk-billing spell doom for the GP patient enrolment scheme?

    May 15, 2025

    Last year, Mark Butler told an audience of GPs that MyMedicare had finally provided the “foundations of an enduring system” after so many pilots for patients…

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