UK bans physician associates from treating undifferentiated patients
The NHS has told its 3500 physician associates to stop treating undifferentiated patients and to use a new title: physician assistants. The UK Government ordered…
Tag: Medical politics
Bob Marley, syphilis and the power of letters: Professor Robert Parker on a decade leading doctors in the NT
The story that has stuck with Associate Professor Robert Parker was told by his former boss Dr Alan Walker in 1989. Dr Walker said that…
Top health bureaucrat wants ‘less reviewing, more doing’ from Mark Butler after 70 reviews in three years
The top health bureaucrat wants “more doing, less reviewing” from Mark Butler, according to a memo released under Freedom of Information laws. Department of Health,…
2800 doctors to strike next month unless govt improves pay offer
Thousands of hospital doctors will strike for 24 hours next month unless the SA Government revises its offer of a 10% pay rise spread over…
Govt releases details of the $102 Medicare item for menopause assessment
GPs will need to perform a 20-minute assessment, including a physical examination and blood pressure measurements, to bill the Federal Government’s new Medicare item for…
‘Angry men behaving badly wherever you looked’: Dr Monique Ryan on her second election battle
In her second election, Dr Monique Ryan’s seat was one of the most closely watched. The paediatric neurologist turned teal independent held onto the Melbourne…
State Govt will cover the cost of pharmacist consults for 20 medical conditions including diabetes and hypertension
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.…
President of Liberia’s medical association accused of being a fake doctor
It is purely a thought experiment, but what would happen if, say, the president of the AMA turned out to have never been to medical…
AMA calls for fresh consultation with doctors over looming restrictions to vitamin B12 test rebates
Whoever wins the 3 May federal election should delay and re-consult on the incoming restrictions on Medicare rebates for vitamin B12 and urine tests, the…
Anthony Albanese ‘stakes his prime ministership’ on GPs bulk-billing more
Asked if he would stake his prime ministership on increasing GP bulk-billing, Anthony Albanese has committed “absolutely”. Nine political editor Charles Croucher laid down the…
