States offer payroll tax relief subject to how much GPs bulk-bill
GP practices in Victoria and SA will be able to partly avoid payroll tax by deducting payments for bulk-billed consultations off their ‘wage’ bill, under…
Tag: Victoria
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…
Coroners don’t always get it right when they scrutinise patient deaths
Having spent most of my working life in hospital emergency medicine, including roles in ED management, policy development and standards-setting, I am generally alert for…
30 years on the front line: The GP still treating patients who inject drugs
Associate Professor John Furler has been on the front line, treating patients who use illicit drugs, for almost 30 years while also forging his academic…
Win for junior doctors as hospital bosses abandon court fight over unpaid overtime
Junior doctors appear to have won their battle over unpaid overtime with Peninsula Health, which runs Frankston Hospital, withdrawing its appeal against last year’s landmark…
Prescribing protocols for Vic pharmacists treating skin conditions finally revealed
The Victorian Government has finally named shingles and psoriasis as the skin conditions that pharmacists will start treating in March as part of its pharmacy…
‘Irrefutable evidence’ shows mosquitoes spread Buruli ulcer to humans
Australian doctors claim they have solved the 80-year mystery of how Buruli ulcer spreads from possums to humans after finding “irrefutable evidence” to implicate mosquitoes…
Tributes paid to young GP killed after chasing burglars who invaded his home
A 33-year-old GP has died following an aggravated burglary at his home in the early hours of Saturday morning. It has been reported that Dr…
Pharmacy prescribing trial widens to include skin conditions
NSW Minister for Health Ryan Park has confirmed that the state’s pharmacy trial will be expanded to allow pharmacists to prescribe treatments for four skin conditions including…
Payroll tax audits of 16 GP practices spur RACGP petition against tax grab
More than a dozen GP practices in Victoria are facing payroll tax audits, the RACGP says, as it urges a grassroots campaign in waiting rooms…
