Booster vax interval cut to three months in several states
NSW, Victoria, SA and ACT governments are bringing in the COVID-19 vaccination change by Friday.
Tag: SA (South Australia)
GPs refusing to see unvaccinated patients due to scarce PPE
Finding N95 masks has become a 'nightmare' for GPs, leaving some unwilling to do face-to-face consults, says AMA SA's president.
GP gets longest practice ban ever imposed on a doctor in Australia
Dr Brian Holder, who will be in jail until at least 2027, is effectively barred from practising for life.
GP fends off ‘vexatious’ $2 million negligence claim
The patient claimed Dr Mehri Azghandi-Gonabadi had failed to give him his medical records, but the District Court of South Australia didn't agree.<…
Border mayhem leaving locum doctors in lurch
Psychiatrist Dr Helen Schultz has called for federal guidance as she finds herself in another dilemma over state-based lockdowns.
GPs get a good rap for telehealth
Phone consults are a ‘new standard’ of care but only when the doctor and patient already have a therapeutic relationship, shows an Australian s…
Doctors told patients may have had 10 times intended drug dose
SA Health CEO Chris McGowan says a review is underway into a software glitch that added an extra digit on hospital scripts.
‘Not an employee’: Fair Work rejects GP’s claim for unfair dismissal
The Fair Work Commission didn’t accept her argument that her contractor agreement was a ‘sham’ and IMGs can only be employees.
Omega-3 screening introduced to cut premature births
SA will offer the blood test to pregnant women following a landmark Cochrane review.
‘One of the worst cases of neglect of duty of care’
The delayed treatment of a child with a ruptured appendix at an Adelaide hospital has highlighted how overloaded the service is, says retired local…
