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…
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…
This is the first in a two-part federal election series. Next week we’ll look at what Mark Butler, the Minister for Health and Aged Care,…
More than 5000 doctors from 32 public hospitals have defied legal orders and begun a three-day strike — NSW doctors’ first industrial action since 1998.…
Doctors say their planned three-day strike this week will not risk patient safety, with EDs remaining fully staffed and emergency surgeries going ahead. But NSW…
Health officials have told doctors they could be reported to AHPRA for striking next week and defying a legal ban on taking industrial action. The…
Thousands of doctors will stop working for three days next week, leaving public hospitals with a skeleton staff and defying legal orders banning their industrial…
Judged by the complaints they generate, you suspect everyone thinks it’s easy being politician. So why the stupidity of the Medicare freeze, the experiments with…
The GP credited with saving the RACGP from financial ruin 20 years ago will be Australia’s next Chief Medical Officer. Professor Michael Kidd starts the…
The beleaguered public but privately-run Northern Beaches Hospital is to go under the microscope again following the deaths of a toddler and newborn. But GP…
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