Fake psychologist fined $8500 after treating patients
A woman posing as a psychologist who “treated” vulnerable patients and children at a clinic in Queensland has been fined $8500. When concerns were raised…
Tag: Medicolegal
Federal Court rules VAD telehealth consults ‘an incitement to suicide’
A GP who took the Federal Attorney-General to court to secure legal protections for voluntary assisted dying telehealth consultations has lost his case. Dr Nick…
Only half of doctors understand Medicare item requirements: MDO survey
Barely half of doctors understand Medicare item requirements or know where to find information on billing, suggests a medical defence organisaton survey. In a survey…
Medical college axes MSF doctor’s speech over ‘political narrative’
A keynote speech by an Australian doctor currently in Gaza has been dropped from the emergency medicine college’s annual scientific meeting over its ‘political’ content.…
Losing my religion: GP practice accused of discrimination wins legal fight with patient
A GP practice accused of discrimination by a patient after allegedly asking him about his religion has been cleared of wrongdoing by a tribunal. The…
Optus outage exposes an emerging legal risk for GPs
Last week’s prolonged Optus system outage caused widespread disruption to the delivery of healthcare services. In some instances, this unprecedented network failure had the potential…
GP sued for $1 million calls on MDOs to cover defamation lawsuits against doctors
Dr Adam Smith, who was sued for $1 million by a naturopath after he debunked her alternative therapy treatments for cancer, diabetes and a string…
AHPRA’s use of immediate action powers against doctors goes under the spotlight
How AHPRA approaches investigations into health practitioners subject to immediate action because of their alleged risk to patients is to be scrutinised again, amid ongoing…
MDO warns doctors to ‘carefully consider’ statements on Israel-Gaza war
A medical defence organisation is warning doctors to ‘carefully consider’ public comment on the Israel-Gaza war, including posters in practices, because of the risk they…
Voluntary assisted dying is being considered in the ACT — but how will it differ from state laws?
The first Australian Capital Territory voluntary assisted dying bill in more than 25 years was tabled in parliament this week. This was possible after the…
