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    Tag: Tasmania

    Pollies resurrect plan for state-owned GP practices that universally bulk-bill

    July 11, 2025

    Tasmanian politicians have committed to launching state-owned bulk-billing GP practices, reviving a Queensland proposal that died in 2024 when Labor lost power. This month, Tasmanian…

    ‘I really do not want to do this’: Doctor amputates trapped rafter’s leg in life-or-death mission

    July 3, 2025

    A doctor has described the immense stress of amputating the leg of a man underwater in fast-flowing rapids to save his life. Rescuers had tried…

    GPs employed in outpatient clinics shocked as govt ends their contracts

    July 2, 2025

    A two-year pilot of GPs working in outpatient clinics that successfully reduced waitlists has stopped for no clear reason, GPs say.  The Tasmanian pilot, announced…

    Another State Government pledges to follow Queensland and Victoria with huge expansion of pharmacy prescribing

    June 16, 2025

    More pharmacists will diagnose and prescribe S4 drugs for wounds, reflux and shingles if the Liberal Government is re-elected in Tasmania’s snap election next month.…

    Platypus rescue spurs rare venom emergency

    May 15, 2025

    A woman’s attempt to rescue a wild platypus left her in excruciating pain and requiring surgery in a rare case of envenomation reported in the Medical…

    Widow of hospital’s medical director says work pressures killed her husband

    May 9, 2025

    The wife of a leading doctor who suffered a fatal MI has lost her bid for compensation after she claimed his death was the result…

    Jimi Hendrix, jail and life as a ’70s doctor: AusDoc interviews Bob Brown

    April 15, 2025

    In September 1970, a 25-year-old Dr Bob Brown met a patient he would never forget. “It was around 8am, and he was brought up on a trolley…

    Why this GP (still) supports Mark Butler’s $1 billion urgent care centres

    March 5, 2025

    Associate Professor John Adie knows his enthusiastic support for the Federal Government’s urgent care centres is at odds with many GPs, as well as the…

    Top doctor’s radical healthcare fix: a single-funder for GPs and hospitals

    January 28, 2025

    A state AMA wants a single government healthcare funder to end the political squabbling and improve relationships between GP practices and public hospitals. AMA Tasmania…

    What happens when a State Government arrives to bail out a collapsing practice? A GP explains

    November 28, 2024

    The Tasmanian Government spent hundreds of thousands of dollars over five months to save struggling GP practices, according to documents released to AusDoc. An FOI…

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