New specialty added for the first time in 15 years
For the first time in 15 years, a new medical field has been added to the list of Australian specialties: genetic pathology. It has become…
Tag: Specialists
Why this GP wanted to work for a Primary Health Network
Dr Michelle Redford joined her local Primary Health Network because of what she had witnessed in the UK. “I do not want to see another excellent healthcare…
‘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…
Make specialists charging ‘extreme fees’ pay back the Medicare rebates, Grattan Institute says
Peter Breadon.Specialists routinely charging so-called ‘extreme fees’ should be forced to pay back all Medicare funding at the end of the year, a new report…
Meet the 29 specialists honoured on the King’s Birthday
Below is a list of non-GP specialists recognised today for their outstanding contributions to medicine. They include Professor Jodie McVernon, director of Doherty Epidemiology at…
‘Infuriating and dangerous’: Psychiatrist tries and fails to speak with his patients’ medicinal cannabis prescribers
Medicinal cannabis prescribers are failing to acknowledge concerned correspondence from patients’ regular doctors, a leading psychiatrist says. Professor Richard Harvey has routinely written to the doctors prescribing…
Higher rebates for specialist attendances ‘off the table’ despite $141 average gap fee
The Minister for Health and Aged Care has shot down a suggestion he could raise rebates for non-GP specialists to stop out-of-pocket costs spiralling further…
Medical matchmaking: Could you sell your specialty to junior doctors in 15 minutes?
Poorly lit bars, awkward conversations, the bell signalling time’s up — that’s the usual vibe of speed dating to find a potential partner. But last…
125 GPs and one anaesthetist working in Australia via IMG fast track, AHPRA saysÂ
One anaesthetist, one psychiatrist and 125 GPs have started working in Australia via the IMG fast track, according to AHPRA and the Medical Board of…
Up to 215 IMG surgeons may have been unfairly judged substandard by Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons says it incorrectly rejected applications by 215 IMG surgeons to be registered as specialists in Australia and is now…
