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    Tag: WA (Western Australia)

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    ‘It prevents us from doing roads, libraries, bins’: The shires spending up to 16% of their budgets on GPs

    July 4, 2025

    Local governments spending up to 16% of their budgets on GP recruitment want the Federal Government to cover the cost of direct cash incentives. Six…

    How did this GP clinic handle a serial defecator on its doorstep?

    June 17, 2025

    The first time it happened, staff at a GP clinic decided a human poo on their doorstep was a one-off number two. But when the…

    Australia’s first infant RSV immunisation program linked to 57% drop in hospitalisations

    May 29, 2025

    Widespread use of nirsevimab in infants may reduce RSV-related hospitalisations by more than half, suggests a real-world study published in the Medical Journal of Australia.…

    ‘Doctors are protected’: Police try to reassure GPs over gun owner medical checks

    May 19, 2025

    Police in WA say doctors signing off a patient as fit to hold a gun licence will not be responsible if they subsequently misuse their…

    Is this person safe to use a firearm? Health checks for gun owners placing GPs in a ‘complex situation’

    April 14, 2025

    GPs are being tasked with conducting health assessments that ensure that gun owners in WA have the physical and mental capacity to shoot straight, hold…

    Do doctors lack insight into the realities of being a politician in control of the health budget?

    March 25, 2025

    Judged by the complaints they generate, you suspect everyone thinks it’s easy being politician. So why the stupidity of the Medicare freeze, the experiments with…

    GPs will diagnose ADHD and initiate meds under state govt promise

    February 17, 2025

    GPs with extra training will be able to diagnose ADHD and initiate medication for adults and children aged 10 and above if the WA Government…

    ‘Yes Minister is the reality’: the story of a GP who became a deputy premier

    January 25, 2025

    Dr Kim Hames was driving home when he made one of his most consequential decisions as WA Deputy Premier and Minister for Health. He banned…

    Cancer Council takes out Australia’s top gong for shonky science

    November 23, 2024

    Cancer Council WA has won the not-so-coveted annual Bent Spoon award from Australian Skeptics for offering oncology patients free ‘energy-balancing’ reiki sessions. It beat off…

    ‘My god, am I imagining this?’ Leading neurologist on his Parkinson’s diagnosis aged 50

    November 11, 2024

    Leading neurologist Clinical Professor David Blacker was in his early to mid-40s when he noticed dystonia of his foot. A couple of years later, the…

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    'My god, am I imagining this?' Leading neurologist on his Parkinson’s diagnosis aged 50

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