Advice about delaying pregnancy or parental leave may be dismissed as an innocent attempt to help early career doctors achieve their goals, but it constitutes a breach of the Sex Discrimination Act. The fundamental human right to choose when or whether to have a baby is none of our business.
Recently, doctors in training across the country expressed their widespread frustration about the derogatory attitudes of human resources (HR) management in public hospitals. If intractable workplace abuses of doctors in training are not addressed, some public hospital directors and officers may face significant penalties from regulators for breaches of government-legislated work health and safety standards.
Equity must be embedded in Ahpra’s registration fee systems if it is to achieve its intended aims and promote a safe and flexible health workforce.
Australia’s peak doctor groups are highly critical of aspects of the Scope of Practice Review.
A program that aims to fast-track international medical graduates into rural Australian placements is facing criticism for lacking detail and safeguards.
Training general practitioners and rural generalists in the same practice over a number of years in rural and remote areas has benefits to the community, health services and supports the retention of doctors in these areas.
Although there is a potential role for PAs within the Australian health care system, this must be accompanied by rigorous regulatory oversight and governance to monitor their impact.
The NSW Government move to broaden the scope of practice of pharmacists has angered GPs.
A growing number of complaints against older doctors has prompted the Medical Board of Australia to announce today that it’s reviewing how doctors aged 70 or older are regulated. Two new options are on the table.
