High case loads contribute to infant hearing loss misdiagnoses: report
An audiology unit at a Queensland public hospital has misdiagnosed some profoundly deaf children as having no hearing loss and programmed cochlear implants incorrectly in…
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GP dies after contracting fungal infection post-transplant
A GP who contracted a fungal infection in hospital after a heart transplant has died, leaving his family searching for answers. Dr Muhammad Hussain, 55,…
Many junior doctors fear claiming all their overtime: AMA survey
Four out of 10 junior doctors do not submit claims for all their unrostered overtime hours for fear it will impact their future work prospects,…
GPs offered up $70k carrot to move interstate and go regional
The Queensland Government has promised cash incentives totalling up to $70,000 for interstate and overseas GPs who relocate to regional and remote communities. A recruitment…
‘Secretive’ plan to let registered nurses prescribe MS-2 Step slammed
A Queensland Government plan to let registered nurses prescribe MS-2 Step is another “ad-hoc and opaque” attempt to rewrite health workers’ scope of practice, doctors say. …
Another state on verge of pharmacist UTI prescribing
The SA Government should let pharmacists prescribe antibiotics for UTIs “as soon as possible” without a trial or pilot program, a parliamentary committee has declared.…
‘First misuse’ of VAD drugs referred to coroner
An elderly man who died in Queensland has been dubbed the first Australian to misuse voluntary assisted dying laws by self-administering drugs prescribed for someone…
67 doctors sign up to supervise pharmacists in ‘reckless’ Qld prescribing trial
Almost 70 doctors, half of them GPs, have agreed to supervise pharmacists while they train to prescribe S4 drugs and manage chronic conditions under Queensland’s…
Doctor wins fight to remove historical misconduct allegations from Google’s top search results
A doctor cleared of misconduct allegations almost a decade ago has secured a non-publication order to prevent the case appearing as a top Google search…
Breaking news: Queensland’s ‘dangerous experiment’ in pharmacist S4 prescribing to expand statewide
The controversial pharmacist S4 prescribing trial is being expanded to include the whole of Queensland even before the pilot covering 600,000 patients begins. Both grassroots…
