These NSW doctors warned of a fractured system and now half have quit
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These NSW doctors warned of a fractured system and now half have quit

Half the state’s public psychiatrists have resigned as the Bondi Junction attack inquest shines a spotlight on chronically understaffed mental health units.

  • byKate Aubusson

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‘Red flags’:How to check if you’ve been a victim of a medical bill ‘double dip’

‘Red flags’:How to check if you’ve been a victim of a medical bill ‘double dip’

Australians who have had surgery in private hospitals are being urged to check their bills after a whistleblower alleged dozens of doctors have been engaging in systematic fraud and double-dipping.

  • byMelissa Cunningham andHenrietta Cook
Doctors threaten mass resignation amid worsening crisis

Doctors threaten mass resignation amid worsening crisis

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.

  • byKate Aubusson andAngus Thomson
Labor joins LNP in vowing no GP ‘patients tax’

Labor joins LNP in vowing no GP ‘patients tax’

Doctors’ groups have welcomed a bipartisan Qld election pledge to exempt GPs from payroll tax to keep patients’ costs down.

  • byWilliam Davis,Matt Dennien andCameron Atfield
Why this unhealthy trend may become an ill wind for Medicare
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Why this unhealthy trend may become an ill wind for Medicare

The growth in out-of-pocket costs to see a GP is a tangible sign that our world-beating health system is strained.

  • byMatt Wade
AI is just what the overworked,burnt-out doctor ordered

AI is just what the overworked,burnt-out doctor ordered

Advocates of the use of artificial intelligence say the technology could transform a health system in crisis,by reducing wait lists and staff burnout.

  • byAngus Delaney andKayla Olaya
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I’m a doctor who deals with the c-word daily. Yet a brief encounter on a busy day floored me

I’m a doctor who deals with the c-word daily. Yet a brief encounter on a busy day floored me

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.

  • byFarrukh Tufail
More than one million doctors go on strike in India

More than one million doctors go on strike in India

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.

  • bySheikh Saaliq
Older doctors facing mandatory health checks as complaints surge
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Older doctors facing mandatory health checks as complaints surge

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.

  • byHenrietta Cook
A leg or a useless paperweight:When can a severed limb be reattached?

A leg or a useless paperweight:When can a severed limb be reattached?

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?

  • byKate Aubusson
‘Flawed’ surgeon to practise again after judge overrules Medical Council

‘Flawed’ surgeon to practise again after judge overrules Medical Council

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.

  • byKate McClymont