In the media
Declining rural bulk-billing rates a sign of worse to
come: RACGP
Falling numbers outside the major cities 'show that
Medicare is under pressure'. The new Medicare data comes soon
after the 1 July indexation, which will add just 60 cents to the
patient rebate for an average GP consultation. Bulk billing in
Queensland and the Northern Territory fell for the first time, by
0.1 per cent and 0.3 per cent, respectively, while Western
Australia was up by 1.2 per cent (05 July 2019).
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Court raises concerns Australia putting relations with
Nauru before health of refugees
A Federal Court judge has raised concerns that the
Australian Government is putting good relations with Nauru ahead of
the health of refugees on the island (05 July 2019).
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Fake 'physios' can still dodge AHPRA
crackdown
While AHPRA's crackdown on the misleading use of
health practitioners' "protected titles" by untrained
or inappropriately trained individuals has been widely lauded, it
seems one speciality has slipped through the net (05 July 2019).
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Over half of chiropractors making misleading
claims
The majority of chiropractors are breaching advertising
guidelines on their websites, an audit has found. Chiropractors
often failed to mention adverse outcomes (03 July 2019).
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Fake practitioners face jail and hefty fines as new
regulatory powers come into force
The penalty for anyone prosecuted by the Australian Health
Practitioner Regulation Agency under the National Law for these
offences now include bigger fines and the prospect of prison time
(01 July 2019).
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Published – articles, papers, reports
Comparative Analysis of Medicines Safety Advisories
Released by Australia, Canada, the United States, and the United
Kingdom
Perry LT, Bhasale A, Fabbri A, Lexchin J, Puil L, Joarder
M, et al. JAMA Internal Medicine. 2019;179(7):982-4
This piece in JAMA Internal Medicine reports on an analysis of
safety advisories issued about medications by the regulators in
four nations with similar medical traditions, population health,
and demographics - Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the
United States for the period 2007–2016. More...
Hospitalised injury and socioeconomic influence in
Australia 2015–16
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare: 03 July
2019
This report examined the associations between socioeconomic status
and injury morbidity in Australia and looked at the effects of SES
on hospitalised injury cases by age, sex, Indigenous status, and by
a selection of external causes of injury. More...
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