Tag: Doctors and Medical Professionals
Health service moves to cut ultrasound wait times
The Greater Western Area Health Service wants to talk to local doctors and specialists to try to reduce waiting times for ultrasounds.[MORE]
Funding woes risking lives: Doctor
A senior Tasmanian health professional says lives are being put at risk because of a lack of funding at the Launceston General Hospital.[MORE]
Doctor loses misconduct appeal
A former Hobart gynaecologist found guilty of professional misconduct has lost his appeal against the finding.[MORE]
Weather delays Orange dental school construction
Hundreds of students are vying for places at Charles Sturt University's new $25 million school of dentistry in Orange.[MORE]
Doctor leaves NT indig community 'disillusioned' by health practices
A remote Aboriginal community doctor says health services in Indigenous communities like Wadeye are not working.[MORE]
Paramedics review pay offer
The union which represents paramedics says it isn't happy with the latest pay offer.[MORE]
New pay offer for paramedics
Paramedics in Western Australia could soon get a substantial pay increase, if their union agrees to a revised offer from St John Ambulance.[MORE]
Cancer patients want to know about high cost drugs: survey
Australian cancer patients say they want to be told about expensive new drugs, even if they cannot afford to take them.[MORE]
Eating disorders workshop focuses on treatment
A New South Wales north coast expert on eating disorders hopes a workshop in Byron Bay this week will help to attract more professionals to the field.[MORE]
Bendigo nurses reject health assistants plan
A union says nurses at the Bendigo Hospital have rejected a new plan to train people to do some nursing duties.[MORE]
Pambula emergency dept 'open for business'
There has been a reassurance that a New South Wales far south coast hospital's casualty department will remain open and and continue to provide emergency treatment.[MORE]
Health service averts work ban with extra staff rostering
Industrial action has been averted at Mudgee Hospital after the Greater Western Area Health Service (GWAH) agreed to roster on an extra staff member at night.[MORE]
Hospital staff return to work after mould health assurances
The Health Services Union says staff at Newcastle's John Hunter Hospital have been assured that a mould problem can be contained.[MORE]
Hospital staff strike over mould concerns
John Hunter Hospital management in New South Wales will try to convince striking employees in its clinical information centre to return to work today, while it works to address a health issue in their department.[MORE]
Bureaucrats blamed for health facility woes: doctor
A Newcastle specialist says he is fed up with New South Wales bureaucrats ignoring crucial advice, leaving the state with shoddy new health facilities.[MORE]
Woman may lose eye after rock attack
A 48-year-old woman could lose her eye after she was hit by a rock thrown at her car in Bourke in New South Wales.[MORE]
Gillard unveils $50m medical school
Julia Gillard says a new School of Medicine in Sydney's west will help the region retain doctors.[MORE]
Nurses quizzed about overtime plans
The nurses' association is surveying its members on the New South Wales north coast as part of a state-wide effort to gauge the impact of planned cuts to overtime.[MORE]
Rural doctors: Accreditation laws could lower skill levels
The Rural Doctors Association of Queensland (RDAQ) says a new law to nationalise the registration and accreditation of doctors has the potential to see skill levels drop.[MORE]
Opposition calls for probe into hospital refusing body
The Queensland Opposition has called for authorities to investigate the case of a body being refused by the Cairns Base Hospital.[MORE]
Bendigo Health says training won't breach EBA
Bendigo Health says it will not be breaching an enterprise bargaining agreement (EBA) with nurses, by training people to take on some nursing duties.[MORE]
Mater investigating possible link to child-sex accused doctor
Queensland Health says an investigation is underway into whether a doctor arrested on paedophilia charges in Bulgaria is employed by Mater Health Services.[MORE]
Nurses quizzed about overtime
The New South Wales Nurses Association says it is canvassing north coast members about the issue of overtime and planned budget cuts.[MORE]
Family forced to wait outside hospital with body
Paramedics say the distraught relatives of a woman who died in an ambulance had to wait for two hours outside the Cairns Base Hospital because staff would not accept the body.[MORE]
New health practitioner scheme an absolute sham, Oppn says
The Oppn says laws allowing politicians to be involved in health practitioner accreditation is a dangerous precedent.[MORE]
