Vic pharmacy prescribing trial will involve 420,000 consults: analysis
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…
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Ditch ‘VAD tourism’ ban, urges palliative care specialist
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
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
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?
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…
Surgeon investigated over ‘potentially inaccurate’ colonoscopies
A surgeon who performed “potentially inaccurate” colonoscopies in the NSW-Victorian border region of Albury-Wodonga has been temporarily banned from practising. Dr Liu-Ming Schmidt remains registered…
Ban on doctors raising VAD with patients could be scrapped
The legal ban on Victorian doctors initiating conversations about voluntary euthanasia will be reviewed amid concerns the so-called ‘gag law’ is creating a two-tier system. Victoria was the first state to legalise voluntary…
Cancer diagnoses down due to pandemic effect
Fewer Victorians were diagnosed with cancer in the past year owing to the COVID-19 pandemic impact on screening, a report shows. The latest Cancer in…
State Govt says it will fund $20 patient consults with pharmacists and cover the cost of their scripts
The Victorian Government has pledged to launch its own pharmacy prescribing trial if re-elected on Saturday, with taxpayers funding hundreds of thousands of $20 pharmacist…
Child deaths: Coroner highlights bad connections between GP and specialist mental health service
A coroner has highlighted poor communication between a specialist mental health service and patient’s GP in the months before she killed herself and her three…
