26 Sep 2023
Updates to the HTA Policy and Methods Review Reference Committee – 26 September 2023
Updates to the HTA Policy and Methods Review Reference Committee – 26 September 2023
26 Sep 2023
Adequate rebates lead to optimal care: Study
Evidence is mounting for a Medicare rebate overhaul, with Queensland researchers proving sufficient funding is key to providing best-practice care.
26 Sep 2023
Inappropriate conduct towards three colleagues sees medical practitioner disqualified
A medical practitioner’s inappropriate behaviour towards several colleagues has been found by a tribunal to constitute professional misconduct - he has been reprimanded, disqualified from applying for registration for nine months and ordered to pay the Board’s costs of $5,000.
26 Sep 2023
More than 125 health organisations back Voice to Parliament
A wide array of organisations, including the RACGP, is encouraging voters to consider the potential health benefits of a Voice to Parliament.
26 Sep 2023
Ten-year plan to fill dementia knowledge gaps
Researchers will spend the next decade exploring the disease’s risk factors, prevention, stigma, and best-practice care.
26 Sep 2023
Warning: High-dose MDMA tablet (ecstasy) circulating in NSW
NSW Health is warning the public of a high-dose MDMA tablet (ecstasy), found to contain more than four times the average dose of other MDMA tablets in recent circulation. The tablet is pink-orange in colour and a square shape, with a ‘GUCCI’ logo and wording imprinted on it.
26 Sep 2023
Lack of informed consent, adequate medical care and proper record-keeping sees doctor reprimanded
A South Australian doctor has been reprimanded and had conditions placed on her registration after she failed to obtain informed consent from at least 180 patients,
26 Sep 2023
First Allied Health Scholarship recipient starts in the Tasmanian Health Service
The first allied health professional to be recruited under the Tasmanian Government’s $1.125 million Allied Health Scholarship Program has commenced working with the Tasmanian Health Service in Burnie.
26 Sep 2023
The Commission of Inquiry
The Commission of Inquiry into the Tasmanian Government’s Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in Institutional Settings has released its findings.
25 Sep 2023
Pharmacy prescribing decision ‘makes no sense’
A pilot program set to dramatically extend pharmacists’ prescribing powers has been expanded, even before the first cohort has completed training.