Psychiatrists have warned that chronic understaffing of the public mental health system is risking patient safety as they fight for a 30 per cent pay rise.
Doctors’ groups have welcomed a bipartisan Qld election pledge to exempt GPs from payroll tax to keep patients’ costs down.
The growth in out-of-pocket costs to see a GP is a tangible sign that our world-beating health system is strained.
Advocates of the use of artificial intelligence say the technology could transform a health system in crisis,by reducing wait lists and staff burnout.
It’s been a challenging winter and I know my fellow doctors,nurses and paramedics are exhausted. A line from Spider-Man has been echoing in my mind.
India’s medical workers held a countrywide strike to protest the rape and killing of a trainee doctor – but the nation’s reckoning with sexual violence against women is longstanding.
The Medical Board of Australia has released new data showing doctors over 70 are 81 per cent more likely to be the subject of a complaint than their younger counterparts.
When a surfer’s leg washed up on a NSW beach after he was mauled by a three-metre shark,the speculation began. Would surgeons reattach it?
A judge found Dr William Mooney “is not a perfect individual,far from it” but dismissed an appeal from health authorities to stop him from resuming practice.
Priority primary care clinics,promised in 2022 as Daniel Andrews’ solution to the health crisis,are facing cutbacks as the Victorian budget grapples with debt.
Colorectal surgeon Gary McKay legally changed his name to Barry McCabe this year,but a record of previous findings against him did not appear until the Herald inquired.