‘It’s worse than ever,’ says GP struggling under the cost of locums
When Dr Gundi Muller-Grotjan told patients she would be forced to close one of her two clinics for a couple of days a week because…
Tag: NSW
More than 1000 pharmacies can start prescribing antibiotics for UTIs from today
More than half the pharmacies in NSW will be diagnosing and treating uncomplicated UTIs from Monday, with further services planned for the contraceptive pill in…
Patient loses court battle over ‘right’ to record psychiatrist consult
A patient who argued in court that a psychiatrist had to let him record a consultation has been rebuffed after an appeal with a Supreme…
Prominent cardiologist stabbed in home invasion
A prominent cardiologist has been stabbed during a home invasion, and is recovering in the hospital where he heads the cardiology team. Associate Professor James…
Rising physical restraint use at children’s hospital ‘justified’, Health Minister says
A spike in “very complex” presentations justifies a fivefold increase in physical restraint use at a major children’s hospital, says the NSW Minister for Health.…
Footage of police tasering 95-year-old aged care resident ‘confronting’
Footage of police tasering a frail 95-year-old grandmother in an aged care facility has been described as “confronting” as outrage over the incident grows. Clare…
Why the RACGP isn’t walking out of the next pharmacy prescribing trial
The RACGP has backed a NSW trial of pharmacists diagnosing and treating UTIs to be safer and more scientifically robust than its Queensland counterpart. The…
‘Very disappointing’ results on hospital discharge summaries: RACGP
Hospitals are still failing to provide clinical handovers, a survey suggests, with fewer than half of rural NSW patients saying they received a discharge summary…
Pharmacists to renew expired scripts under state’s prescribing trial
Pharmacists will be able to renew GPs’ contraceptive scripts even if they are expired under the NSW Government’s pharmacy prescribing plan. More details have emerged…
Another govt pledges to fund pharmacy consults for UTIs and contraceptives
Pharmacists in NSW will get taxpayer cash to prescribe contraceptives and diagnose UTIs if the Coalition Government is re-elected next month. When the state government…
