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60 day drug dispensing subject of new Pharmacy Guild attack
27 June 2023 - Pharmacies have launched a major campaign against Labor’s 60 day medicine dispensing, urging the federal government ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Aug 2022
Restrictions put on diabetes drug Ozempic leave users feeling ‘fat shamed’
13 August 2022 - A drug that caused a buzz for its ability to help people shed kilos has now been ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 May 2020
OIA response: security of supply of medicines
11 May 2020 - Another straight bat answer from the Wellington stonewallers. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Oct 2019
'Veiled in secrecy': call for surgeons to disclose complications rates
14 October 2019 - Surgeons are being urged to disclose their rates of surgical complications to prove they're worth the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Jul 2019
Superannuation raids to pay for fat surgery
17 July 2019 - Australians are tapping their superannuation to pay for healthcare at an unprecedented rate, with more than ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Jun 2019
Surgery is a very costly business
19 June 2019 - Recent criticism levelled at brain surgeon Charlie Teo about his fees for an operation has generated ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Jun 2019
Celebrity brain surgeon faces threat of disciplinary action
12 June 2019 - Brain surgeon Charlie Teo’s dramatic claim he may be forced out of medicine comes as he ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Jun 2019
Specialists must also think of patients' financial health
12 June 2019 - When confronted with a post of someone crowd-funding a life saving operation for a sick child ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Jun 2019
More than 60,000 back petition calling for Dr Charlie Teo to operate in public hospitals
11 June 2019 - A petition calling for Dr Charlie Teo to be allowed to operate in public hospitals has already ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Jun 2019
Charlie Teo 'frenzy' likened to Lindy Chamberlain
11 June 2019 - An Australian surgeon has likened the treatment of neurosurgeon Dr Charlie Teo to the frenzy surrounding ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Jun 2019
Greg Hunt warns of 'excessive' medical fees amid Dr Charlie Teo debate
10 June 2019 - Health Minister Greg Hunt has sounded a warning to medical specialists over "very excessive" fees after ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Jun 2019
Australia’s world-renowned brain surgeon Charlie Teo says his critics will ‘eventually get me’
9 June 2019 - The beloved Australian surgeon has slammed ‘the governing medical bodies’ for ‘gunning’ for him. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Jun 2019
Specialist groups 'appalled' by egregious billers within their ranks
6 June 2019 - Specialist groups with some of the biggest billers within their flock are backing moves to rein ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Jun 2019
Surgeons face sanction for imposing severe financial pain
4 June 2019 - Australia’s Chief Medical Officer, Brendan Murphy, will investigate whether doctors who charge unnecessarily high fees that ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Jun 2019
Charlie Teo brain surgery controversy: society gives assurances
1 June 2019 - One of Australia’s foremost neurosurgeons has branded as “disheartening” the practice of cancer sufferers seeking public ...