AHPRA’s use of emergency powers is being reviewed amid escalating concerns that investigations into suspended doctors, or those with registration conditions, are taking years. The…
The AMA has another “misleading and confusing” professional title in its sights, demanding a ban on dentists calling themselves ‘oral surgeons’. There are some 66…
I am a middle-aged GP. As such, I have a while to go before I am likely to be subject to the mandatory health check…
AusDoc recently published the results of a survey designed to determine the annual running costs of being a doctor. That is, the up-front, out-of-pocket expenses,…
The RACGP says the Medical Board of Australia’s push on mandatory health checks for older doctors is backed by no evidence and is probably ageist.…
News that Australia had opened a new fast-track super-highway to import foreign specialists to fix its beleaguered health system resulted in a big exclusive for…
The AMA has called on the Medical Board of Australia to ditch any demand for mandatory cognitive screening of late-career doctors as part of its…
AusDoc recently reported on yet another case where a tribunal has overturned the medical board’s use of its immediate action powers to suspend a doctor.…
The suspension of doctors under the Medical Board of Australia’s emergency powers has become a vexed topic. These powers are meant to be employed in…
The Medical Board of Australia in trying to ‘retire’ incompetent/incapacitated senior doctors is going about it the wrong way. The board’s primary responsibility is to…
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