The training, scope and supervision requirements for the UK’s 3500 physician associates is under review after years of warnings from doctors about the “cheap medical…
A leading anaesthetist has been asked to resign from her post at the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists for speaking out about potentially…
Earlier this week, Mark Butler took to the floor of federal Parliament to talk about the wonders of his Medicare urgent care clinics. He had…
GPs have accused urgent care clinics of providing inconsistent or non-existent clinical handover to patients’ usual doctors. The allegation is spelt out in a new…
A crossbench MP and former GP locum says a government-owned locum agency could save taxpayers millions of dollars currently spent on commissions for private recruiters.…
Robert F Kennedy Jr is one of the world’s most prominent vaccine sceptics, and now the founder of the anti-vaccine group Children’s Health Defense has…
The Federal Government is funding an advertising blitz that encourages patients to search for bulk-billing GP clinics. A 30-second TV advertisement is telling patients that…
More than 8300 doctors have been added to the medical register in just 12 months amid the scramble to fix the country’s workforce crisis. Federal…
The Federal Government’s Scope of Practice Review says letting dietitians refer directly to gastroenterologists and midwives refer to psychiatrists will save patients money from “arbitrary”…
Allowing chiropractors to directly refer to orthopaedic surgeons under Medicare and mandatory accreditation for all GP practices are two of the radical suggestions in the…
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