AHPRA, which may need to be renamed the Australian Health Professional Retrenchment Agency, seems to be coming up with more and more ways of dismantling…
Knowing local GPs who prescribe medicinal cannabis is key to protecting patients from the “perfunctory” prescribers, says NSW Health’s chief addiction medicine specialist. Sydney GP…
Professor Mark Ashton says the rise in young women having undergone botched labiaplasties is “nothing short of worryingly spectacular”. The number of women coming to…
Should regularly using illicit drugs away from work automatically disqualify you from practising medicine? Some argue that doctors using recreational drugs hurts the medical profession’s…
Novo Nordisk’s subcutaneous weight-loss drug Wegovy will hit Australian shelves this month, two years after it received TGA approval. The once-weekly injectable semaglutide formulation will…
GP Dr Jereth Kok has admitted writing “inappropriate” social media posts that demeaned abortion doctors, during a five-hour examination before the Victorian Civil and Administrative…
Professor Patrick McGorry says ADHD and autism are overdiagnosed in patients who can afford $3000 fees and underdiagnosed in patients who are being priced out…
It has been a great week for vice-presidents. On Wednesday, the AMA revealed that GP Dr Danielle McMullen would take over from Professor Steve Robson…
It’s taken a week and more twists and backflips than Olympic gymnast Simone Biles, but Queensland Health’s plans for employing physician assistants — a role…
Doctors will not be able to claim CPD activities completed early next year towards the current year’s requirements, the RACGP has confirmed. Last year was…
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