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.
Many of us have found ourselves in a full waiting room to see the GP, looking at a laminated sign about a fee increase taped to the reception desk.
The ongoing plague of mental health and wellbeing struggles within the medical profession is abundantly clear. Uncovering the severity of the problem is clearly no longer the problem — so what is?
