The $230 million junior doctor payout — how it will work and why it could take over a year
Around 15,000 junior doctors who will share in a $230 million class action settlement have recorded another win. Despite the four years of legal wrangling…
Tag: NSW
‘This is motivated by women’: NSW Premier grants pharmacists OCP prescribing powers
Pharmacists extending contraceptive pill scripts is becoming a permanent fixture of the NSW health system. Last year, the State Government launched a clinical trial of pharmacists extending…
Doctors witnessing ‘seismic shift’ in attitudes of hospital bosses after legal victories on overtime
Managers are finally cleaning up their act on junior doctor rostering and staffing after another class action settlement, says a lawyer who has worked on…
Pharmacists across NSW will manage wounds, reflux and acne ‘to end GP wait times’
The NSW Government wants pharmacists to diagnose and treat seven more conditions by 2026, including mild to moderate acne and acute minor wounds. The other…
Scabies treatments scarce as outbreak spreads to four hospitals
A scabies outbreak has spread to four NSW hospitals, with dozens of health staff infected amid a national shortage of treatments for the infection. The…
Specialists dependent on Rex Airlines to fly them into rural communities say its collapse will be catastrophic
Associate Professor Rachael Cordina is among hundreds of doctors who regularly fly on troubled Rex Airlines to treat rural patients. But the cardiologist and her…
118-year-old practice faces closure because no GP will take it on
“I have an angel sitting above me. “It was given to me by a patient who underwent a double lung transplant, an incredibly brave woman,”…
‘Not ethical or trustworthy’: ENT surgeon convinced patients to invest $500,000 in his clinics
An ENT surgeon who convinced two patients to invest over $500,000 in his business only to use some of the money for his personal use…
Over 100 patients choose to end their lives in first three months of new laws
More than 100 people have been helped to end their own lives in the first three months since Voluntary Assisted Dying was made legal in…
Pharmacists set to prescribe for shingles under expanded trial
Pharmacists in NSW will soon begin prescribing first line treatments for uncomplicated herpes zoster with an expansion of the trial to include some skin conditions…
