An interview with Dr Beth Wilson 18 Apr 2012 0 comments After more than 15 years as Victoria's Health Services Commissioner, Dr Beth Wilson will step down this year. She tells Australian Doctor about her most harrowing investigations and priorities for…
GP divisions topple to Medicare Locals 15 May 2012 0 comments Divisions are continuing to lose out to Medicare Locals arcross Australia, with one recent closure blamed on the “uncertainty” of the new arrangements.
Dark corridors 11 May 2012 0 comments The deaths of six boarding house residents in NSW has shone a light into the disturbing conditions that often constitute 'care in the community'.
PSR decisions will stand under new laws 10 May 2012 0 comments Around 40 doctors will be unable to challenge their PSR decisions for inappropriate practice under new laws being pushed by the Government.
Care in the community faces tougher scrutiny 10 May 2012 0 comments The health and safety of vulnerable boarding house residents looks set to be improved under proposed laws that aim to tighten care in the community regulation. See our special investigation into…
Budget: Crackdown on safety net rorts 9 May 2012 0 comments A GP who allegedly charged $8000 for a standard 20 minute consult is one of several cases leading to new caps on Medicare safety net entitlements.
CAM practitioner posed as GP and surgeon 8 May 2012 0 comments A Chinese medicine practitioner has been exposed for pretending to be a qualified doctor and offering treatments including animal stem-cell injections.
Drug firm fined over stroke website 7 May 2012 0 comments Boehringer Ingelheim has been fined $125,000 over its 'Vote Against Stroke' online campaign against the Government's decision to defer listing dabigatran on the PBS.
New funds for boarding house residents 7 May 2012 0 comments People with mental illness who live in boarding houses are to receive new support packages under a joint initiative by the NSW and federal governments.
Women with faulty implants say govt 'failed' 3 May 2012 0 comments Dozens of women who had PIP breast implants have written of their anxiety and anger at the under-regulation of medical devices to a federal inquiry.