125 GPs and one anaesthetist working in Australia via IMG fast track, AHPRA says
One anaesthetist, one psychiatrist and 125 GPs have started working in Australia via the IMG fast track, according to AHPRA and the Medical Board of…
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Fears GP workforce will hit the rocks if climbing ban goes ahead
Dr Felix Ritson was 15 when he first scaled Mount Arapiles, a staggering rock formation that rises 140 metres above the Wimmera plains in Victoria. That moment…
Government apologises to journalists for false chemo claims… oncologists still waiting
The NSW Government has apologised to the media for falsely declaring that 468 chemotherapy sessions had been cancelled as a result of the strike by…
Budget Paper 2: Peter Dutton and the haunting of Anne Ruston
This is the first in a two-part federal election series. Next week we’ll look at what Mark Butler, the Minister for Health and Aged Care,…
General practice student club fights back against ‘infuriating’ negative perceptions of the specialty
Can university trivia nights fire up interest in general practice? Second-year medical students Keerthana Lingutla and Natalie McDowell hope so. × Welcome to AusDoc. Enabling…
More than 5000 doctors leave their posts in historic unprotected strike
More than 5000 doctors from 32 public hospitals have defied legal orders and begun a three-day strike — NSW doctors’ first industrial action since 1998.…
Health Minister accuses doctors of misleading patients over safety of their three-day strike
Doctors say their planned three-day strike this week will not risk patient safety, with EDs remaining fully staffed and emergency surgeries going ahead. But NSW…
Health department tells doctors it could report them to AHPRA if three-day strike goes ahead
Health officials have told doctors they could be reported to AHPRA for striking next week and defying a legal ban on taking industrial action. The…
Thousands of doctors to strike for three days over salaries and unsafe working conditions
Thousands of doctors will stop working for three days next week, leaving public hospitals with a skeleton staff and defying legal orders banning their industrial…
Dr Adam Louws made national news by taking a GP job in a tiny town — now he’s leaving
When GP Dr Adam Louws took a job in Julia Creek it made headlines from the ABC to the Daily Mail. The Queensland town, 600km…
