11 Jan 2024

Nurse disqualified for 12 months for inappropriately touching a colleague

A nurse who inappropriately touched a female colleague on multiple occasions at work has been disqualified from re-applying for registration for 12 months and prohibited from providing any health service.

11 Jan 2024

Tribunal cancels doctor’s registration and disqualifies him from applying for registration for 10 years after he was jailed on child exploitation material charges

A doctor convicted and jailed for accessing and possessing child exploitation materials has had his registration cancelled by a tribunal and been disqualified from applying for registration for 10 years.

11 Jan 2024

Perth pharmacist disqualified for 18 months for dispensing medications to herself and others without prescriptions

A Perth pharmacist has had her registration cancelled and has been disqualified from re-applying for 18 months for dispensing medications to herself and others without valid prescriptions over a six-month period.

11 Jan 2024

In Practice: New digital assignment of benefit form

In Practice: New digital assignment of benefit form

11 Jan 2024

NSW community urged to stay COVID-safe this summer

NSW Health is reminding the community to keep practising COVID-safe behaviours, as COVID-19 remains at high levels across NSW.

10 Jan 2024

Tribunal rules doctor has no case to answer over sexual misconduct allegations

A Melbourne doctor has been cleared of allegations of professional misconduct after having sex with a patient whilst intoxicated in the toilets of a Melbourne bar.

10 Jan 2024

Support for RACGP warning on immediate pathology results

Pathologists say removing the seven-day delay on uploading reports to My Health Record may lead to misinformation and patient distress.

10 Jan 2024

Pill testing calls follow multiple overdoses at Melbourne festival

The Chair of RACGP Specific Interests Addiction Medicine has said such a move would be ‘a no-brainer’.

10 Jan 2024

The radiologist body is calling for an expansion of mammogram services, and a GP expert agrees it will help patients make more informed choices.

The radiologist body is calling for an expansion of mammogram services, and a GP expert agrees it will help patients make more informed choices.