Pharmacy prescribing trial widens to include skin conditions
NSW Minister for Health Ryan Park has confirmed that the state’s pharmacy trial will be expanded to allow pharmacists to prescribe treatments for four skin conditions including…
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‘I declare all my criminal history updates to AHPRA’: GP after her 12th arrest
Tasmanian GP Dr Lisa Searle was arrested on Tuesday morning — her fourth arrest this year and 12th in total. She had used a metal device…
How GPs overcame a flooded practice and $1 million bill
“In 70-odd years, the clinic had never seen water inside … The flood reached 1.8m inside the building — just underneath our air conditioning.” It…
One in three GP practices in poorest suburbs locked out of patient enrolment scheme
More than a third of practices in outer Sydney suburbs will miss out on the Federal Government’s patient enrolment cash because they are unaccredited, warns…
Surgeon’s emergency suspension lifted after ‘inexplicable’ medical council blunder
The Medical Council of NSW has been criticised by a judge after it suspended an ENT surgeon without acknowledging his expert defence report questioning the…
Fears of GP exodus as practices close in battler suburbs
GP practices are disappearing in Sydney’s outer suburbs as GPs retire or leave for mixed-billing practices in more affluent communities. The CEO of South Western…
Obstetricians alarmed by obstetric violence references in ‘MeToo of childbirth’ inquiry
Doctors are criticising the adoption of the term ‘obstetric violence’ in a parliamentary inquiry into the prevalence of birth trauma. Dubbed the ‘MeToo of childbirth’,…
GP payroll tax audits on pause for a year in NSW, govt says
The NSW Government is halting payroll tax audits on GP practices for a year while it consults with doctors over its next steps. The announcement…
Payroll tax: NSW Opposition backs amnesty for GPs
The NSW Opposition will try to change legislation in order to protect GPs from retrospective payroll tax audits and exempt them from payroll tax for the next two years. …
Pharmacy prescribing trial protocol for NSW revealed at last
The trial and treatment protocols for pharmacy prescribing in NSW are now public, two-and-a-half weeks after 1000 pharmacies started offering UTI diagnosis and treatment. The…
