Dozens of GPs sign up to deliver voluntary assisted dying in WA
Eight doctors are already trained to administer VAD that is the second state to implement such a scheme.
Tag: WA (Western Australia)
Border mayhem leaving locum doctors in lurch
Psychiatrist Dr Helen Schultz has called for federal guidance as she finds herself in another dilemma over state-based lockdowns.
GP enters Parliament pledging to legalise cannabis ‘in all forms’
'People are automatically made a criminal because they’ve tried to treat themselves', Dr Brian Walker says.
Three doctors referred to AHPRA over child’s death
AMA (WA) says the clinicians include a senior hospital executive, a government official and a junior doctor who was involved in the care of Aishwar…
Doctors angry at possible AHPRA referrals over girl’s death
WA AMA President Dr Andrew Miller has expressed 'dismay and disgust' at referrals of junior staff at Perth Children's Hospital to the watchdog.
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Medical care slammed in damning report into girl’s death
ED staff failed to escalate Aishwarya Aswath's care to senior doctors despite her parents' warnings she was rapidly deteriorating, a WA government …
Doctors call for health minister to resign over girl’s death
Seven-year-old Aishwarya Aswath died in a Perth ED following months of concerns about understaffing, treatment delays and record ambulance rampi…
GP fined $30,000 after death of Aboriginal patient in police custody
He released her back into police custody after failing to organise tests that could have picked up the sepsis that ultimately killed her, WA tribun…
AMA WA sues state health department for failing to recognise GPs as specialists
It claims GPs are being paid under the wrong classification in their industrial agreement.
Top doctor pans hotel quarantine after WA’s snap lockdown
AMA WA president Dr Andrew Miller says federal experts are being 'grossly negligent' and urgent change is needed.
