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    Tag: Victoria

    Tapentadol death shows SafeScript ‘not working or not being used’ by GPs: coroner

    May 29, 2023

    A patient who overdosed on tapentadol and oxycodone triggered 77 red flags in the real-time prescription monitoring system SafeScript, but doctors only checked his prescribing…

    Burnet Institute study on mask mandates slapped with concerns notice

    April 28, 2023

    A Burnet Institute study that concluded mask mandates significantly curbed the spread of COVID-19 has attracted a warning notice from the journal that published it. …

    Off-label baclofen implicated in dozens of overdose deaths: coroner

    April 24, 2023

    More than 30 patients have died in the past decade after overdosing on baclofen, an antispasmodic that is commonly prescribed off label to treat alcohol…

    Dr Mark Hobart

    Dr Mark Hobart’s appeal to High Court of Australia rejected

    March 17, 2023

    Dr Mark Hobart’s attempt to get the High Court of Australia to review his emergency suspension has been shot down. The Melbourne GP has been…

    Doctor performed tracheostomy on wife with pen and knife, inquest hears

    March 16, 2023

    A respiratory specialist has been accused of slicing his wife’s throat open with a kitchen knife and pen, because he believed she was choking, then…

    Vic pharmacy prescribing trial will involve 420,000 consults: analysis

    March 9, 2023

    Pharmacists in Victoria will conduct almost half a million consults under the state’s pharmacy prescribing trial, treasury officials have predicted. As part of his re-election…

    Dr Roger Hunt

    Ditch ‘VAD tourism’ ban, urges palliative care specialist

    March 1, 2023

    Bans on patients accessing voluntary euthanasia if they have recently moved states are “irrelevant” and should be ditched, says an adviser to Victoria’s landmark legislation.  When…

    ‘Game changer’: Australia’s first cardiac hospital opens

    February 20, 2023

    Australia’s first dedicated cardiac hospital has been described as a “game changer” for heart health, ahead of its opening this week.  Following a similar model…

    Medical receptionist made up to 80 dodgy claims a day: court 

    February 7, 2023

    A woman will be jailed after scamming $180,000 from Medicare, making up to 80 claims a day at the medical clinic where she worked as…

    Are virtual EDs the answer to emergency overcrowding?

    January 18, 2023

    A virtual ED run in south-east Melbourne helped reduce presentations to physical EDs by almost three quarters, doctors have reported. Over a five-month period, a…

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