Half of newly registered doctors are IMGs, new government figures show
More than one in two doctors newly registered in Australia last year were IMGs, with figures showing annual arrivals have risen by 50% since pre-COVID-19…
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Pompous colleges, bow ties and pointless PhDs: Dr Colin McClintock on specialist training
Renal specialist Dr Colin McClintock recently took a swipe at ‘pompous, bow tie-wearing’, city-centric specialists when he appeared at a NSW Government inquiry. His lashing…
‘It’s peace of mind’: Half of GP registrars now want to be employees
The idea that GP registrars should have one continuous employer so they can actually accrue leave and benefits, rather than a series of contracts over…
‘Why would a doctor go to the bush where you’re a lone wolf making life-threatening decisions?’
This question was posed to politicians on Monday as part of a parliamentary investigation into the deepening crisis affecting rural NSW was blunt and a…
GPs owed $150,000 in locum fees after medical corporate collapses
A debt-ridden corporate that owed GPs tens of thousands of dollars in locum fees has gone into liquidation, just weeks before it was due to…
Doctor takes aim at ‘pompous, bow tie-wearing’ specialist training committees
A prominent doctor has taken a swipe at city-centric “pompous, bow tie-wearing” specialists on training committees. Dr Colin McClintock’s day job is as a renal…
‘I carry sheets in my car to cover the dead’: The danger that lurks on rural roads
I rounded the sweeping 80km/h corner on a tail of slowing cars and brakelights. The garbage truck was splayed across the road on its side.…
It’s the ‘sickest, oldest population in the country’ yet GP practices are shutting down
At the start of the year, Dr Columbine Mullins’ practice on Hobart’s fringes was thriving. She had taken it over from a corporate owner five…
How will Dr Ernest Wong find true love if everyone within 200km is his patient?
Six months ago, Dr Ernest Wong moved from London to the tiny town of Wudinna, a six-hour drive from Adelaide. As the town’s first permanent…
Hospital staff posed as ‘patients’ so their urgent care clinic looked busier during ministerial visit
Staff at a rural hospital pretended to be ill patients, including one who arrived by ambulance, to make its urgent care clinic appear busier for…
