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Former Montu employee Tom Farmery.

The cannabis factory: How one doctor wrote 72,000 scripts in two years

Medicinal cannabis giant Montu’s doctors are issuing prescriptions at an alarming rate, prompting strong criticism from the federal government.

  • Angus Thomson and Clay Lucas

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Concerns about the way some doctors are prescribing medicinal cannabis have prompted AHPRA to announce new guidelines.

‘Profits over patient safety’: Doctors face medicinal cannabis crackdown

Patients in emergency rooms with cannabis-induced psychosis as well as rapid consults have prompted the medical regulator to tighten controls for the booming industry.

  • Angus Thomson
Shahram Sadeghi was practicing from Elinay Cosmetic Clinics, in Grange, when he performed a facelift surgery that left the patient hospitalised. Elinay advised Sadeghi is no longer affiliated with Sadeghi.

Doctor banned after facelift leaves patient ‘bleeding too much’

A patient seeking treatment for acne scars left the clinic in an ambulance with uncontrolled bleeding from a damaged artery.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt
A crackdown on cosmetic injectables is looming.

Queensland is tightening Botox and dermal filler laws. Cosmetic nurses are not happy

The way hundreds of cosmetic clinics operate in Queensland is not compliant, but nurses claim a strict interpretation of the law will run them out of business.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt and Marissa Calligeros
The cosmetic injectables industry has boomed.

Cosmetic crackdown: End looms for speedy Botox scripts, influencer freebies banned

New rules for injectables target quick telehealth consults, the role of influencers and nurse training, in an attempt to ensure patient safety comes before profit.

  • Clay Lucas and Henrietta Cook
Tina Hansen index images.

This maths tutor faked psychology qualifications. When caught, she faked cancer

Spelling mistakes and critical errors in an NDIS assessment report put schoolteachers on a trail that led to Tina Hansen’s unravelling.

  • Angus Thomson
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Jenny Piper has been told she has just months to live.

‘Never taken seriously’: Jenny says doctors dismissed her concerns for years. Now she’s dying

More than 1800 women told us their stories of medical misogyny. Today we begin sharing those stories and building the case for change.

  • Kate Aubusson, Aisha Dow and Emily Kaine
The cosmetic injectables industry badly needs greater regulation to better protect patients.

Ugly reality of beauty industry demands urgent makeover

It is clear that cosmetic injectables businesses have galloped ahead of regulators. It’s time to put the patients back in focus.

  • The Age's View

Gone in 52 seconds: Inside Australia’s telehealth injectables gold rush

Australia’s booming $4 billion injectables market is driven by doctors issuing scripts via telehealth in consults that sometimes last under one minute. Critics warn patient safety may be at risk.

  • Clay Lucas and Henrietta Cook
Ivana Crcic and her now two-year-old daughter Romana

Colic treatment containing deadly nightshade under investigation

Parents can access the formula over the internet without a doctor’s visit or prescription.

  • Henrietta Cook and Liam Mannix

Original URL: https://www.theage.com.au/topic/australian-health-practitioner-regulation-agency-6gkv