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TGA to review warnings after young father’s supplement death

TGA to review warnings after young father’s supplement death

The medicines’ regulator will reconsider warnings for some cold and flu tablets, after a young father died from a severe allergic reaction last month.

  • by Mary Ward

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Coming to a hospital near you: People to be filmed in bodycam trial

Coming to a hospital near you: People to be filmed in bodycam trial

Health Minister Ryan Park, announcing the plan to give security guards body-worn cameras, said the upwards trend in physical attacks was unacceptable.

  • by Christopher Harris
Surgeon suspended for using patient ‘as a prop’ now operating under a new name

Surgeon suspended for using patient ‘as a prop’ now operating under a new name

Colorectal surgeon Gary McKay legally changed his name to Barry McCabe this year, but a record of previous findings against him did not appear until the Herald inquired.

  • by Michael Koziol
Controversial surgeon William Mooney hit with fresh legal action as he leaves court

Controversial surgeon William Mooney hit with fresh legal action as he leaves court

Mooney had just appeared at the NSW Court of Appeal where the NSW Medical Council was trying to stop him practicing again.

  • by Kate McClymont
‘Streamline that spending’: Hospitals told to cut back where they can

‘Streamline that spending’: Hospitals told to cut back where they can

The health minister’s comments come after two of Victoria’s largest health services imposed immediate hiring freezes in response to the government’s demand for savings.

  • by Broede Carmody
IVF at a fraction of the cost: Perth clinic disrupts infertility market

IVF at a fraction of the cost: Perth clinic disrupts infertility market

The Baruahs know how torturous infertility treatment can be, having spent seven years enduring it. But when they finally held their son, “everything changed.”

  • by Claire Ottaviano
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The care has been stripped from WA healthcare. But we can turn things around
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The care has been stripped from WA healthcare. But we can turn things around

A Perth doctor says that WA’s healthcare system is at a crisis point. But she hopes that if action is taken at all levels, it will become a turning point.

  • by Dr Lucy Caratti
Chemist Warehouse’s $8.8b merger could stifle competition, shut stores: ACCC

Chemist Warehouse’s $8.8b merger could stifle competition, shut stores: ACCC

Australia’s competition watchdog has raised concerns that Chemist Warehouse’s planned merger with Sigma Healthcare into an $8.8 billion titan will hurt rivals in the pharmacy sector.

  • by Jessica Yun
Minister vows to assess bulk-billing as Joondalup Hospital probe begins

Minister vows to assess bulk-billing as Joondalup Hospital probe begins

The health department will join a review of hospital services, and what people pay for GPs in Perth’s north will be scrutinised, after the death of toddler Sandipan Dhar.

  • by Jesinta Burton
Perth cosmetic doctor high on drugs

Perth cosmetic doctor high on drugs

Dr Ilan Josephs claimed he was one of Perth’s leading cosmetic medical professionals. This week he was struck off for professional misconduct.

  • by Rebecca Peppiatt
Cherryl Barassi’s doctor says he should be allowed to raise assisted dying with patients

Cherryl Barassi’s doctor says he should be allowed to raise assisted dying with patients

Dr Nick Carr said Victoria’s voluntary assisted dying laws need to be brought into line with other states, which allow doctors to raise the issue.

  • by Broede Carmody