Mark McGowan accused (again) of trashing GPs over hospital crisis
The RACGP has hit back at WA Premier Mark McGowan for blaming much of the state’s hospital crisis on GPs who had stopped bulk-billing and…
Tag: WA (Western Australia)
Why payroll tax is an idiot’s attack on general practice
Perth GP Professor Max Kamien tells of his own failed attempt to escape the taxman's clutches.
Suspension overturned for intern accused of sexual assault as a student
A WA tribunal replaced the suspension - relating to an alleged assault of a fellow medical student - with conditions on the doctor's registration.<…
State expands pharmacists’ vax role, including HPV for teens
From this week WA pharmacists can inoculate kids from five against flu and will be able to offer HPV vaccination for adolescents later this year.
Junior doctors ‘denied time off’ because of workforce shortages
The AMA WA says doctors-in-training are accruing months of annual leave they cannot take.
Omicron cases will rise despite border delay, WA data shows
Infectious disease modelling expert predicts the state's cases will peak at 430 hospitalisations.
‘We’re ready,’ says doctors’ petition to reopen WA border
More than 2000 people, including high profile doctors, have signed the petition to open the state's border in February as planned.
Prominent doctor slams ongoing border closures
AMA President Dr Omar Khorshid says keeping his home state of WA shut off will not save it from Omicron.
Case dropped against nurse accused of ‘fake’ COVID-19 vaccination
Perth Magistrates Court says the charges against a nurse who allegedly faked the injection of a teenager have been discontinued.
Doctors ‘exhausted’ in lead up to child’s death: report
Workforce factors played a key role in the devastating incident, according to an independent report into Aishwarya Aswath’s death at Perth Child…
