Doctors to have sexual misconduct findings permanently listed
Doctors found to have committed sexual misconducted will have it permanently published on their public registrar record in...
AHPRA
Have your say on Ahpra’s immediate action powers
Have you got concerns about how the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency handles immediate action procedures? Now is...
2024 Medical Training Survey now open
The sixth iteration of the Medical Training Survey (MTS) is open now, giving trainees the chance to help improve the experience for others. Read More...
Ahpra worried over online prescribing
Ahpra and several health boards are concerned that practitioners are cashing in on rising demand for prescriptions for medicinal cannabis and bulk-produced compounded medicines. Read More...
Doctor’s ‘hands-on’ history
A Perth gynaecologist has been charged with indecently assaulting a woman during a medical procedure. Read More...
Fewer complaints about bad behaviour
Ahpra’s end of year report has some good news for medical professionals, with an 8.6% drop nationally in notifications made about bad behaviour and 1.5% of registered health practitioners having a concern raised about them in 2022/23. Read More...
Cosmetic dentistry targeted
Practitioners performing and advertising non-surgical cosmetic procedures, including increasingly popular aesthetic dental procedures, could face a crackdown. Read More...
‘Surgeon’ now a protected title
Only specialist surgeons will be able to call themselves ‘surgeon’ under new legislation to restrict the use of the title by registered medical practitioners. Read More...