Furore over Queensland hospitals without beds
The Queensland Government has been accused of deceiving communities after deciding to call seven new health clinics “satellite hospitals” despite the fact they will not…
Tag: QLD
Pharmacists given green light to deliver live-attenuated zoster vaccine
Two state governments are allowing pharmacists to administer herpes zoster vaccines, including the live-attenuated vaccine that has been linked with the deaths of three patients with…
Watchdog to hear accusations of patient harm linked to pharmacy UTI prescribing
Queensland’s health watchdog has agreed to meet with doctors over accusations that pharmacists diagnosing and treating UTIs has led to patient harm. Meanwhile, the university…
Queensland pharmacy trial: ‘Independent’ prescribing ruled out for five conditions
The Queensland Government has abandoned its plan to let pharmacists prescribe independently for five conditions including type 2 diabetes and COPD, in a partial win…
Legal victory for GP practices that insist patients wear masks
GP practices enforcing mask mandates are on safer legal ground after a court rejected discrimination allegations lodged against a GP and practice that barred two…
Plastic surgeon rapped for operating on wife claims he was under ‘coercive control’
A plastic surgeon who claimed his then-wife used coercive control to force him to operate on her and prescribe her opioids has been reprimanded and…
Pharmacists could easily miss something serious – I almost did
I totally concur with Dr Jason King’s grave concern for the small Aboriginal community that he and his GP colleagues so ably care for. Dr King is…
Women struggle with abortion costs and stigma despite decriminalisation
A study of data from a pregnancy counselling service illustrates the hurdles that remain.
‘We do not defend everything Dr Berger says, but we defend his right to say it’
Dr David Berger is being required by AHPRA to undergo education in regard to his historical social media commentary. Further education is a good thing…
Pharmacy prescribing trial: ‘The lives of my patients are in real danger’
GP Dr Jason King shares his concerns about the trial's risks to the Aboriginal community where he works.
