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Australian Doctor Australia's number one independent medical publication for doctors. http://www.ausdoc.com.au Australia’s largest independent community of GPs.

Discover better with the new AusDoc community platform for doctors. AusDoc has just become a whole lot better by evolving to a community platform, allowing doctors to connect with colleagues across the medical profession as well as keeping them informed with the latest news, opinion, clinical updates and education. Given the ever-growing complexity of medicine, a community where doctors can discuss and debate the latest issues with each other should be of benefit to everyone. Our aim is to create a more collaborative future for healthcare in Australia.

A hospital policy of triaging all Indigenous patients in ED as category three or above is “creating an apartheid situati...
31/10/2025

A hospital policy of triaging all Indigenous patients in ED as category three or above is “creating an apartheid situation”, a former Royal Australasian College of Physicians president claims.

Professor John Wilson says the move is racist and goes against doctors' code of practice.

31/10/2025

Read the BMJ article on the growing number of attacks on health care facilities around the world:

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The Pharmacy Board of Australia is being urged to let pharmacists prescribe S4 and S8 drugs independently within their “...
30/10/2025

The Pharmacy Board of Australia is being urged to let pharmacists prescribe S4 and S8 drugs independently within their “self-determined” scope of practice without postgraduate training.

They are also calling for PBS access, and MBS access for pathology tests.

AusDoc speaks with the Minister for Health and Ageing on compulsory Medicare branding, bulk-billing, and fee-for-service...
30/10/2025

AusDoc speaks with the Minister for Health and Ageing on compulsory Medicare branding, bulk-billing, and fee-for-service reform.

The minister talks compulsory Medicare branding, Gina Rinehart and fee-for-service reform.

Patients who self-diagnose gluten intolerance and self-impose restricted diets are almost certainly targeting the wrong ...
30/10/2025

Patients who self-diagnose gluten intolerance and self-impose restricted diets are almost certainly targeting the wrong culprit, an Australian-led review suggests.

The findings highlight the interaction between the brain and the gut.

The Queensland Government has used alternative legal powers to once again ban public clinics from initiating puberty blo...
29/10/2025

The Queensland Government has used alternative legal powers to once again ban public clinics from initiating puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones for transgender teens, following its Supreme Court loss on Tuesday.

Queensland's Minister for Health has used different legal powers to reissue the ban following Tuesday's Supreme Court ruling.

The concept of a GP was unknown in China until 1989, with its 20th century health system a mix of Soviet-inspired hospit...
29/10/2025

The concept of a GP was unknown in China until 1989, with its 20th century health system a mix of Soviet-inspired hospitals and “barefoot doctors” — travelling doctors somewhere between folk-healers and medical interns.

Professor Murtagh’s impact came at a critical moment in China’s history, giving him rockstar status among hundreds of thousands of Chinese doctors.

The number of GPs in China quadrupled in 15 years, and Professor Murtagh's work was their guide.

A UK GP who spent four months in prison after smashing petrol pumps for an anti-fossil fuel protest has been suspended f...
29/10/2025

A UK GP who spent four months in prison after smashing petrol pumps for an anti-fossil fuel protest has been suspended from practice after his release.

Dr Patrick Hart was sentenced to a year in prison for his anti-fossil fuel protest.

A leading cardiac surgeon has returned to work seven weeks after his hospital launched an investigation into his comment...
28/10/2025

A leading cardiac surgeon has returned to work seven weeks after his hospital launched an investigation into his comments during a meeting of Palestine Justice Movement Sydney.

Professor Peter Macdonald's comments linking Israel's spy agency with alleged terrorist attacks were investigated after allegations of anti-Semitism.

The Supreme Court of Queensland has thrown out the State Government’s ban on public clinics initiating puberty blockers ...
28/10/2025

The Supreme Court of Queensland has thrown out the State Government’s ban on public clinics initiating puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones for transgender teens.

The decision was based on the Queensland Government failing to meet legal requirements rather than 'the subject matter', judge Peter Callaghan said.

This is AusDoc's remarkable story of one of Australia's leading scientists. It is about Professor Bruce Hall's journey f...
28/10/2025

This is AusDoc's remarkable story of one of Australia's leading scientists.

It is about Professor Bruce Hall's journey from groundbreaking immunology research to facing accusations of fraud by Norman Swan.

It took millions of dollars and more than ten years to clear his name.

But he says the reputational stains linger - and that may be the reason why he was overlooked for this year's Nobel Prize for Medicine.

The full story is now open access.

The prize, he says, was purporting to recognise discoveries that were first made in his own laboratory three decades ago.

Almost 1000 mixed-billing GP practices will convert to universal bulk-billing when the tripled bulk-billing incentives f...
28/10/2025

Almost 1000 mixed-billing GP practices will convert to universal bulk-billing when the tripled bulk-billing incentives for non-concessional patients start on 1 November, says Minister for Health, Disability and Ageing Mark Butler.

Mark Butler says he expects the number to rise as GPs 'see the practice down the road move to fully bulk-billing'.

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Australian Doctor is the number one independent medical publication for Australian GPs.

Whatever platform you engage with us on our vision and mission remain the same:

We believe general practice is the cornerstone of the Australian health system, and recognise that quality primary care is a major determinant of the health of a society.

We acknowledge the challenges faced by general practitioners within the complex Australian healthcare system, and use our voice to enhance the work and lives of GPs and their patients.