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Confusing for doctors, inequitable for patients: why Australia’s medicinal cannabis system needs urgent reform

In 2024 alone, Australia’s medicines regulator, the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), authorised at least 979,000 prescription applications for medicinal cannabis through its specialised access pathways.

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What Gen Z Needs To Know About Crackdowns On Medical Cannabis Prescriptions

Australia's health-practitioner watchdog has released guidance for doctors prescribing medicinal cannabis, noting current data has raised "red flags".

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Medicinal cannabis is big business. But the latest clampdown won’t curb unsafe prescribing

Australia’s key regulator of health professionals has announced it’s clamping down on unsafe prescribing of medicinal cannabis in the wake of surging patient demand.

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Rogue dentist a 'serious risk' to patients: regulator

A suspended dentist who poses a serious risk to patients' health still claims to be a registered health professional, the nation's health worker regulator says.

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Will new rules for cosmetic injectables actually make the industry safer?

ANALYSIS: Christopher Rudge explains the new rules around injectables, and whether they will actually help consumers

The Independent UK

New rules for cosmetic injectables aim to make the industry safer. Will they work?

New guidelines to regulate Australia’s booming cosmetic procedures industry have been called “tough” and “a crackdown” in media reports this week.

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There’s A New Crackdown On The Cosmetic Injectables Industry — Here’s What That Means

Australia’s health regulator is bringing in some major changes, in an effort to make things safer for patients and more raise training standards.

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Botched Botox jabs can be dangerous. Some Australians don’t even realise what they’re receiving

The healthcare complaints watchdog says at least two unnamed Sydney practitioners, allegedly posing as accredited medical professionals, are under investigation

The Guardian - AU

Fears Australia may face GP shortage as figures reveal almost 10% now aged over 70

GPs’ peak body is concerned a proposed new medical test for older doctors could force them from the system

The Guardian - AU

Fake Paramedic, Who Worked Motocross Events In Australia, Gets Convicted

This is a weird story. By now, if you've been on this earth for more than a few years, you probably know that most places consider it illegal to impersonate, say, a police officer.

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NSW man sentenced for falsely claiming to be paramedic and treating child involved in collision

Lachlan Gardner impersonated a paramedic at motocross events in NSW in 2023 despite lacking qualification

The Independent UK

Fake paramedic convicted as warning to others

A man who falsely passed himself off as a paramedic at several motocross events, including two where children were injured, has been convicted but not jailed.

AAP

'Wonderful move': foreign GPs fast-tracked to plug gap

Qualified doctors from Ireland, New Zealand and the UK will be able to see Australian patients sooner after the regulator eased registration hurdles.

AAP

Melbourne psychologist began sexual relationship with client and shared details on other patients, tribunal hears

Exclusive: Jonathon Walker moved the woman into a unit on his mother’s property, Vcat told

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Former Canberra psychiatrist suspended from practising

The doctor cannot practice in Australia.

The Guardian - AU

Melbourne jaw surgeon may face legal action from second patient alleging negligence

Exclusive: Dr George Dimitroulis has not yet been required to respond to claims, but previously denied negligence in relation to first case reported by Guardian Australia

The Guardian - AU

‘What we’re seeing is not telehealth’: alarm over doctors using AI and prescribing without seeing patients

Consumers Health Forum calls on Australian government to address ‘significant safety concerns’ about prescribing without any conversation with patient

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Doctor appeals finding implicating him in wife's death

A sleep doctor has launched an appeal against a coronial finding, which referred him to Victorian prosecutors for criminal charges over his wife's 2015 death.

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Manager of scandal-plagued Oakden care home banned

A manager at the Oakden mental care facility has been barred from practising for 12 years, after an investigation found "shameful" neglect of its residents.

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Fake psychologist fined after treating patients

A woman has been fined after claiming to be a registered psychologist for months at a Queensland clinic, treating vulnerable patients and children.

The Guardian - AU

Doctor banned for 12 months after sending racist email to Australia’s first Indigenous eye surgeon

Yuggera, Warangoo and Wiradjuri doctor Kristopher Rallah-Baker says it’s important others ‘see they won’t be brought down if they complain about racism’

The Guardian - AU

‘Why would you find me attractive?’: the body disorder that needs more attention

Celebrity culture, the ‘Zoom effect’ and unrealistic beauty standards have contributed to the rise of the poorly understood dysmorphic condition

AAP

TikTok medical influencer lied about being a doctor

A woman has admitted to pretending to be a doctor in TikTok and Instagram videos in which she wore medical scrubs and a stethoscope and discussed health issues.

AAP

Fake nurse jailed for jabbing without qualifications

A woman who falsely pretended to be a nurse has become the first person in Australia to serve prison time for impersonating a registered practitioner.

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Botox and fillers to come under greater scrutiny by the medical regulator. Will it be too little too late?

The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) has announced it will expand its “crackdown” on the cosmetic surgery industry. As the agency responsible for registering, accrediting and disciplining health practitioners, AHPRA is well placed to reshape conduct in what sociologists once called the appearance industry.

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