Rural Queensland town loses only permanent doctor
By Liam O'Connell
The suspension of Tim Lane leaves a Central Queensland town of 3,000 people with no permanent hospital doctor or GP.
#DoctorsandMedicalProfessionals
Patient 'traumatised' after doctor did not wear gloves during pap smear
By Eden Gillespie
Two women have told the ABC they believe the health regulator is failing to acknowledge the power imbalance between doctors and patients.
Mother's fight for proton therapy highlights gaps in Australia's care
By Angelique Donnellan
When seven-month-old Evelyn was diagnosed with a rare cancer, her mother was told proton beam therapy would be her daughter's best chance for survival. But the treatment was not available in Australia and still is not three years later.
#PublicHealth #Cancer #ChildrensHealth #DoctorsandMedicalProfessionals #GovernmentFunding #AngeliqueDonnellan
'He deserved to live': Was Max's death from allergies preventable?
By Kristian Silva
Four years after a 15-year-old boy died due to a nut allergy, a Victorian coroner is examining if the death was preventable and whether paramedics and doctors at the Box Hill Hospital provided appropriate care.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-29/max-mckenzie-nut-allergy-coronial-inquest/106022338
UNAIDS says Trump's cuts have killed people and left millions without medicine
The United Nations body charged with fighting the spread of HIV says the Trump administration's cuts to the US foreign aid budget have sent the global aid response into "crisis mode".
#AidsandHIV #Health #WorldPolitics #DiseasesandDisorders #DoctorsandMedicalProfessionals #GovernmentandPolitics
Calls for new Darwin hospital following Cyclone Fina
By Tilda Colling and Gemma Ferguson
The Northern Territory's largest hospital is "literally creaking at the seams" after Tropical Cyclone Fina, prompting NT Health to call for more federal funding.
#Cyclones #DoctorsandMedicalProfessionals #ExtremeWeatherEvents #GovernmentFunding #StateandTerritoryGovernment #FederalGovernment #TildaColling #GemmaFerguson
Woman's medical records given to ex-partner despite domestic violence order
By Phoebe Pin
A Perth doctor is suspended after disclosing confidential medical information about a patient and her baby to her estranged husband, despite knowing there was a domestic violence restraining order against him.
#DoctorsandMedicalProfessionals #DomesticViolence #PhoebePin
Is ADHD a superpower? We unpack meaning behind key symptoms
By Mark du Potiers and Gemma Ferguson
Some people refer to Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder as "a superpower" while others describe their ADHD symptoms as debilitating. Can both be true?
#ADHD #PeopleWithDisability #MentalHealth #DoctorsandMedicalProfessionals #Psychiatry #SupportServices #MedicalResearch #MarkduPotiers #GemmaFerguson
Refugee health expert named ACT Australian of the Year
By Lily Nothling
This year's ACT Australian of the Year honours go to a refugee health expert, football pioneer, historical guide and mental health advocate.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-18/act-australian-of-year-awards-rose-mcgready-doctor/106021788
#AwardsandPrizes #DoctorsandMedicalProfessionals #CommunityOrganisations #LilyNothling
Filmmaker Lynette Wallworth travels to the Amazon to explore psychedelics and death
By Stephen A Russell
Australian filmmaker Lynette Wallworth accompanies two palliative care doctors researching psilocybin use deep into the Amazon jungle to see if it can change the end-of-life experience for terminal patients.
#Documentaries #Movies #ArtsCultureandEntertainment #DeathandDying #MentalHealth #DoctorsandMedicalProfessionals #StephenARussell
Advocates fear NDIS review could cut 'essential' exercise physiology
By Mary-Louise Vince
Leo depends on exercise physiology to keep him moving, but there are fears that his progress could be halted under an NDIS review.
#HealthcareandCommunityServicesIndustry #GovernmentFunding #HealthPolicy #Health #ExerciseandFitness #DoctorsandMedicalProfessionals #MaryLouiseVince
Heart surgery patients warn delays at public hospitals could cost lives
By Joanna Woodburn
Ian Parker waited more than three months for urgent heart surgery that should have been done within 30 days. He was inspired to share his story after an ABC investigation.
#HeartDisease #Surgery #DoctorsandMedicalProfessionals #PublicHealth #HealthPolicy #HealthAdministration #JoannaWoodburn
Emergency department waits of 35 hours for some SA mental health patients, AMA warns
By Thomas Kelsall and Daniel Keane
About 10 per cent of mental health patients in South Australian hospital emergency departments are being kept waiting "more than 35 hours" for a bed, the AMA says.
#MentalHealth #MentalWellbeing #DoctorsandMedicalProfessionals #HealthcareFacilities #PublicHealth #ThomasKelsall #DanielKeane
Doctors at troubled Sydney hospital issue warning over loss of private beds
By Rhiannon Soliman-Marron and Alexander Lewis
Medical staff at Northern Beaches Hospital say a potential loss of private beds could mean less expertise, fewer services and more travel for patients.
#Health #HealthcareFacilities #DoctorsandMedicalProfessionals #StateandTerritoryGovernment #MedicalProcedures #PublicHealth #RhiannonSolimanMarron #AlexanderLewis
Outback doctor heard about $600k job over a beer, not viral campaign
By Maddie Nixon and Zara Margolis
Julia Creek welcomes a rural Australian GP after running a viral job campaign and receiving 95 applications from across the globe.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-06/julia-creek-outback-doctor-gp-job-600k-hired/105501740
#DoctorsandMedicalProfessionals #HealthPolicy #RegionalCommunities #Health #GovernmentandPolitics #MaddieNixon #ZaraMargolis
Man's misdiagnosis with cancer after pathology error 'linked with his death', coroner finds
By Jordanna Schriever
The consequences of a contaminated biopsy sample, which led to a man being wrongly diagnosed with lung cancer and having part of his lung unnecessarily removed, were "profound", a coroner has found.
#Courts #LungCancer #Cancer #MedicalProcedures #DoctorsandMedicalProfessionals #JordannaSchriever
Mothers worry about staff turnover at busy maternity hospital
By Elly Bradfield
Thousands of babies are born at the Toowoomba Base Hospital each year, but some women say they are scared to give birth there.
#WomensHealth #HealthcareFacilities #ParentingBabies #Health #PregnancyandChildbirth #DoctorsandMedicalProfessionals #EllyBradfield
'A stranger to my daughter': Spinal injury patient's six-month wait for care
By Eleanor Beidatsch
A Perth man's wait for surgery to treat painful pressure sores exposes delays and specialist shortages in Western Australia's spinal care system.
#Disabilities #DoctorsandMedicalProfessionals #Infrastructure #EleanorBeidatsch
Chief medical officer vows to clear his name
By Danielle Jesser
Chief medical officer Charles Pain vows to clear his name after going to the Industrial Relations Commission to find out the allegations against him.
Public hospital staff struggle to return full-time amid assaults and PTSD
By Ashleigh Barraclough
Staff at Tasmania's public hospital emergency departments say they experience violence and aggression "all the time". Data released under right to information laws shows how often these incidents are occurring.
#EmergencyCare #DoctorsandMedicalProfessionals #HealthcareFacilities #AshleighBarraclough
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