Does the word ‘quiet’ jinx EDs?
The myth is debunked in a study showing any surge in patient numbers is due to the imagination.
Tag: Workload
Why were doctors destroyed for working in Bacchus Marsh’s broken system?
Tribunal judgements suggest we should up sticks and quit if we find ourselves practising in an unsafe environment.
GPs say ‘urban refugees’ increasing regional workload
Many rural Tasmanian practices have six-week wait times and are no longer taking on new patients, a senate inquiry has heard.
Your stories from the front line of COVID-19 chaos
Severe staff shortages have put GP practices under pressure across the country.
‘On a knife’s edge’: GPs battle their own workforce shortages due to COVID-19
Dr Maria Boulton says some staff have been turned away from testing sites and waited days for their results.
Doctors sue for wage theft
The junior medics are suing the NSW Government for failing to pay for extra hours and meal allowances.
Doctors with ‘grit’ less likely to burnout: study
Clinicians with resilience and a passion for medicine are four times less likely to suffer exhaustion and disengagement, reveals Australian researc…
Warning that many doctors on ‘brink of burnout’
A NSW survey shows doctors in public hospitals are working an average of 21 hours overtime a week: Australian Salaried Medical Officers' Federation…
My exhaustion as a GP in this pandemic is morphing into anger
“I just want control over my body’s sovereignty,” sighs my friend as she sips her Prosecco. I can live with the bungled use of the…
GPs spending five hours a week on non-billable work, study finds
Female GPs and doctors in rural areas ae more likely to spend extra time on non-billable work.
