GPs left in the dark as practice deals with repeat blackouts
Dr Ajit Chaurasia is used to power blackouts at his practice in rural WA, but this time, a bushfire was approaching and a heatwave forced…
Tag: WA (Western Australia)
Dr Graham Rowlands and the bizarre attempt to ditch him for a super clinic dream
Listening to Dr Graham Rowlands describe his career would probably give GPs the idea that he is treasured by the community he cares for. He…
Nurses confident on forming own political party
WA nurses are backing a move to form a political party to contest the state election, their union says. The Australian Nursing Federation (ANF) is…
Pharmacists get green light to diagnose and treat UTIs in WA
WA pharmacists with additional training can now prescribe nitrofurantoin or trimethoprim for UTIs, state Minister for Health Amber-Jade Sanderson has announced. Unlike NSW, the WA…
Major payroll tax victories loom for general practice as RACGP claims wins in two more states
The WA Government has apparently accepted that GPs are contractors rather than employees, a move that the RACGP says could offer practices some protection from…
GPs call for greater ADHD prescribing rights as system reaches ‘crisis point’
GPs are calling on state politicians to let them diagnose and start treatment for ADHD in children as wait times for paediatricians blow out to 18 months. Perth GP Dr Andrew Leech, who…
Doctor burnt son with iron to get him out of bed: tribunal
A Perth doctor who burnt his teenage son with an iron has been suspended for four months. The boy, then aged 16, had chronic pain…
GP pleads guilty to attempted murder of six-year-old with neurological disorder
A GP accused of aiding a mother’s attempt to kill her six-year-old daughter with a prescription drug has pleaded guilty to attempted murder, according to…
Surgeon who repeatedly dismissed adrenal malignancy as haematoma found guilty of misconduct
An endocrine surgeon said he dismissed imaging reports that showed a young patient likely had adrenal cancer because he became “fixated” on the idea that…
Doctor who raised alarm about morgue case acted with ‘integrity’
WA officials have denied suggestions a palliative care patient may have been alive when he was transferred to a Perth morgue. The state coroner’s court is…
