Crushed skulls, missing helmets and data blind spots: E-scooter trauma alarming surgeons
Among the PowerPoint slides shared with colleagues by vascular surgeon Dr John Crozier are videos of e-scooter falls and the gory images of the wounds…
Tag: Policy
Band-Aid fixed? Govt launches GP wound care scheme to fund dressings for 20,000 patients
Some 20,000 older patients with diabetes will be eligible for free dressings each year under a long-awaited Federal Government scheme. For years, doctors have warned…
Another State Government pledges to follow Queensland and Victoria with huge expansion of pharmacy prescribing
More pharmacists will diagnose and prescribe S4 drugs for wounds, reflux and shingles if the Liberal Government is re-elected in Tasmania’s snap election next month.…
We have ways of tracking patient deterioration. So why aren’t we using them to save lives?
I like to look back at my career — both the successes and the failures. Although I am now non-practising, I believe I have insight…
Don’t promote yourself as ‘the doll-maker’ or ‘magic hands’: AHPRA
New AHPRA guidelines warn cosmetic doctors to stop advertising with terms such as “doll-maker”, “sculptor”, “artist” or “magic hands”. Two new guidelines on non-surgical cosmetic…
Nurses will need 5000 hours’ experience, postgraduate training and six months of mentoring to prescribe S8 drugs
RNs with three years’ full-time experience and a postgraduate qualification will be able to apply to prescribe S8 drugs with medical supervision under the Nursing…
The dismal science returns: How do you make GLP-1 RAs worth taxpayers’ money?
UK Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Wes Streeting. AAP.There are many wondrous things about GLP-1 receptor agonists, not least their capacity to…
GP registrars offered $40,000 to train in Queensland
Almost 600 GP registrars can get a one-off $40,000 payment this year to lessen the financial pain of leaving the hospital system, the Queensland Government…
Human rights versus risk aversion: Why involuntary treatment is increasing in this state
Almost a decade ago, new mental health legislation in Queensland aimed to minimise involuntary treatment of people with disabilities and severe mental illness. The Mental…
Breaking news: Govt announces new rebates for MBS care plan items
The Federal Government has finally revealed that writing up or reviewing a chronic disease care plan will attract a rebate of $156.55 under its long-delayed…
