Skinny dipping?
As you read this we will be in the middle of winter – which is shaping up grey and wet. Up until 2019, each year there were predictions around Easter that the upcoming flu seasonwould be the worst on record.... Read More...
Opinion
Opinions: WA’s COVID response
This rhetorical question is heard all too frequently in regard to WA’s approach to COVID. We have done well but what was the cost of our approach? In medicine we must always make assessments of any intervention critically.... Read More...
Mental health for all
When you read this, it is likely (remember 2010) but not certain that we will know who will form the next government. Health barely rated a mention during the campaign, which given the events of the past two years was surprising.... Read More...
Celebrate progress and aim for more
Despite enormous progress in the last half century, medicine tends to be a glass half empty type of profession. We focus on what is wrong and shrug off what is good. This is not to say that all is perfect or that we cannot aim to do better, but this is not mutually exclusive with pausing to acknowledge what has been achieved.... Read More...
Restrictive practices and government over-reach
The National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) has adopted a controversial policy – The Reduction and Elimination of Restrictive Practices in the Disability Sector.... Read More...
We know it hurts
We can’t ever lose sight of our job, argues retired Perth doctor Bruce Powell.... Read More...
Counting the COVID cost
Dr Colin Hughes considers the paradox of successful public health measures.... Read More...
Rethinking pain management
For those old enough, cast your mind back to the mid-1990s. There were no oral opiate medications aside from those containing codeine, and these were used sparingly.... Read More...