The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) has ruled in favour of Nektaria Nicky Tzimas, a nurse who has worked in non-surgical cosmetic medicine since 2008. The board overseeing nursing r...
Australian weight loss platform Eucalyptus has been sold to US group Hims and Hers for about 1.6 billion US dollars. Tim Doyle, founder and chief executive, will lead Hims and Hers international opera...
An Australian study examined how AHPRA handles health impairment notifications from 2012 to 2022. It found that 1.1 per cent of doctors received a health impairment notification during this period. In...
The Department of Veterans' Affairs has updated the framework for the Repatriation Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, affecting how medicinal cannabis is subsidised for defence force veterans. The change...
The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) has a Fellow Support Service to help doctors after they gain a Fellowship. The program offers advice, education, supervision and mentoring...
A ten year analysis of AHPRA records from 2012 to 2022 looked at 112 677 doctors. One percent had at least one health impairment notification, equal to 1 732 cases. Substance misuse accounted for 38 p...
A Canberra GP and academic argues that strict emphasis on measurable outcomes in continuing professional development (CPD) for doctors, as pushed by the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agenc...
The Australian Digital Health Agency has invited software developers and implementers to test the Health Connect Australia Provider Directory FHIR Implementation Guide. The directory aims to provide n...
The RACGP has lodged an accreditation submission with the Australian Medical Council for a Rural Generalist Fellowship training program. This follows last year’s recognition of rural generalism as a s...
The Australian healthcare sector saw significant policy changes in 2025. The government announced an $8.5 billion Medicare reform package in February, focusing on bulk-billing incentives and chronic d...
AHPRA will start publishing sexual misconduct findings on health practitioners' registrations from April 2026. This applies even if there was no criminal charge or if the conduct was consensual. When...
Australian oncologists are under significant stress due to a growing demand for cancer care. The system is struggling because there are not enough positions and many oncologists work part-time or in f...
A former Australian medical practitioner, Bill Tolis, who was banned from providing health services until 2029, is under investigation for potentially treating patients despite the prohibition. Tolis...
The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) has maintained strict requirements for general practitioners’ continuing professional development (CPD). These rules include activities tha...
The Medical Board of Australia has decided not to proceed with mandatory health checks for older doctors. Last year, they considered requiring doctors over 70 to have health checks every three years,...
The Medical Board of Australia has decided not to require doctors over 70 to undergo mandatory health checks. This change follows strong opposition from the medical community, including the AMA, which...
The Medical Training Survey in Australia shows specialist non-GP trainees face more discrimination and racism than GPs-in-training. The survey included responses from over 17,500 medical trainees and...
The Australasian Institute of Digital Health (AIDH) welcomed the Australian Government’s new National AI Plan but called for stronger rules around AI in healthcare. The plan highlights AI’s benefits b...
Australian GPs sometimes end patient relationships due to issues like verbal abuse, threats, non-compliance, or boundary problems. Increasing workload and stress make managing difficult interactions h...
