‘Treat the cause of high specialist fees, not the symptoms,’ says RACP president
The physicians’ college says high specialist costs are a symptom of an unhealthy system but is yet to respond on whether greedy specialists are partly…
Tag: Social determinants of health
‘They are devastated’: When your patient discovers stopping semaglutide means the weight returns
Semaglutide is a game changer for patients right up until they stop the treatment, when many face the heartbreak of watching the kilos return. That…
Doctor lodges his own MSAC application for $563 ‘virtual colonoscopy’ rebate
After his first battle with the Medical Services Advisory Committee lasted seven years, Associate Professor Tom Sutherland doubted he had strength for another. But the…
Thousands more patients ditching GP appointments because of cost
More patients, especially younger people, are skipping GP appointments owing to cost-of-living pressures, reveal Australian Bureau of Statistics data. One in seven patients aged 24-35…
Doctor rejects being a hospital specialist to be a GP for homeless patients
As a youngster in Perth’s middle-class western suburbs, Dr Andrew Davies wanted to be “some kind of professor of medicine”. “My mother was an obstetrician…
From foster care and med school rejection to intern: Dr Taylor Glover’s story
Dr Taylor Glover was 11 when her home life fell apart. “Growing up, there was drug abuse, alcohol abuse and violence,” she says. “When Mum…
Group A strep: a post-COVID threat
Need to know: Strep A (Streptococcus pyogenes or group A streptococcus) is estimated to cause over 18 million cases of severe disease and 500,000 deaths…
Dog food, valium and a V8: My night shift in the ‘badlands’ of Adelaide
As part of AusDoc’s 40th anniversary, we have been publishing stories by readers about their most memorable day as a doctor. This account, by Dr Ralph…
Patients bring their own chairs to queue outside practice amid Kiwi GP crisis
Pictures of patients queuing outside a GP practice from 6am in bleak New Zealand weather has prompted front-page headlines declaring the “death of the family…
Too many doctors ‘charging excessively’ for ADHD diagnoses, says Professor Patrick McGorry
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…
