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Queensland Health Minister Tim Nicholls (centre) with RACGP Queensland chair Dr Cath Hester (left) and RACGP president Dr Michael Wright (right) announcing the changes to ADHD treatment.

Queensland to allow GPs to diagnose, prescribe ADHD drugs to adults

Health Minister Tim Nicholls touted the move as a “nation-leading first” in treating ADHD in Australia.

  • Alex Condon

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Doctors have warned of critical workforce shortages.

How AI may provide an answer to hospital workforce shortages

Australia, like much of the world, is facing an exodus of exhausted doctors and nurses. This start-up may have the solution.

  • David Swan
Reverend Bill Crew talks to staff at the Reverend Bill Crews Foundation’s Health and Wellbeing Clinic in Blacktown.

‘It takes a certain breed of doctor’: The Sydney clinic that can’t find a GP

Demand for this brand-new Sydney clinic couldn’t be higher. The problem is, there’s no GP to run it.

  • Kate Aubusson
The doctors’ union, ASMOF NSW, wants SafeWork NSW to conduct an investigation into unsafe staffing levels at Northern Beaches Hospital.

‘Live risk of serious injury, death’: SafeWork accused of failing to act at Northern Beaches Hospital

Doctors at Northern Beaches Hospital have raised the alarm over dangerous understaffing, which puts patients at risk of medical errors in the emergency department and wards.

  • Kate Aubusson
Health minister Tim Nicholls announced a deal for doctors and other public sector workers on Sunday.

Doctors reach wage agreement while other public sector workers prepare to strike

The agreement was announced by Queensland’s health minister on Sunday, days out from other public sector workers preparing to take protected action.

  • Courtney Kruk
A result to smile about - Chris Gilmour (right) has made a full recovery after being treated by Dr David Rosengren and the RBWH team.

Hospital hiring flaws trigger statewide audit

After a doctor was found to have been “pushed through” into an unadvertised specialist role, the head of Queensland Health plans to tighten processes statewide.

  • Matt Dennien
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Composite artwork for Angus Thomson story on interventional radiology at Westmead Hospital. Text is an excerpt of a letter from Eastwood GP Fiona Dennison to Health Minister Ryan Park. 

High radiation, broken machines: Crucial Sydney hospital service facing collapse

Doctors and patients have urged the NSW health minister to intervene in the latest mass resignation to hit the state’s public health system.

  • Angus Thomson
The cyberattack includes patient details including Medicare numbers.

Cyberattack linked to two Melbourne hospitals exposes patient details on dark web

The stolen patient data includes sensitive health information, contact details and Medicare numbers.

  • Henrietta Cook and Broede Carmody

Soaring doctor fees are a pain, but medics have another problem

The cost of seeing a medical specialist can be extortionate, but there’s another reason we’re losing our patience.

  • Jenna Price
An excerpt from an internal NSW Health document detailing the cost of a pay rise for psychiatrists.

The early warning that put a price on fixing the state’s psychiatrists crisis

The public was told giving psychiatrists a pay rise will cost $700 million. Internal government documents suggest it would cost a lot less.

  • Kate Aubusson

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