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    Tag: Medical Board of Australia

    Dr William Bay

    Anti-COVID-19-vax GP faces new AHPRA complaint after winning Supreme Court battle over his suspension

    January 8, 2025

    Dr William Bay, the former GP registrar who won a Supreme Court battle to overturn his suspension following his anti-COVID-19-vax tirade at an AMA conference,…

    Mandatory health checks on older doctors will directly impact more than 3100 GPs, new figures show

    January 6, 2025

    The RACGP is warning about the risks of imposing mandatory health checks on older doctors, with figures showing that nearly one in 10 of Australia’s…

    Overseas anaesthetists, psychiatrists offered fast-track specialist registration — four ‘priority’ specialties are next

    January 6, 2025

    Overseas psychiatrists and anaesthetists have been added to the Medical Board of Australia’s controversial fast-track pathway allowing them to register as specialists without any assessment…

    Dr William Bay’s legal win does not mean ‘carte blanche’ to attack public health policies: MDO

    December 17, 2024

    A GP registrar successfully challenging his emergency suspension for anti-COVID-19 vaccine comments has not created a defence for doctors who make “unverified public claims”, a…

    Vexatious complaints against doctors linked to domestic violence and marriage breakdown, review finds

    December 10, 2024

    AHPRA has been urged to pay greater attention to whether complaints are being lodged against doctors subject to domestic and family violence. This week, the…

    Dr Anne Tonkin steps down as Medical Board of Australia chair

    December 6, 2024

    The chair of the Medical Board of Australia steps down this week after six years in the job. During that time, Dr Anne Tonkin oversaw…

    Associate Professor Sanjay Jeganathan.

    Medical colleges say a two-tier registration system for specialists is coming

    December 4, 2024

    The machinery for fast-tracking IMGs is meant to include internal wiring to ensure the medical colleges have some control over who can work as a specialist…

    Review of AHPRA’s emergency powers launched after concerns that immediate suspensions can last years

    November 22, 2024

    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…

    Dentist

    AMA wants ban on dentists calling themselves oral surgeons

    November 18, 2024

    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…

    The AMA is wrong — the medical board must make cognitive screening of older doctors mandatory

    November 6, 2024

    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…

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    The AMA is wrong — the medical board must make cognitive screening of older doctors mandatory

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