The discovery of alleged malpractice by an endometriosis specialist has sharpened calls for an action plan to protect sufferers, as recommended by a landmark inquiry last year.
Australia’s human tissue acts are set for their first overhaul in 50 years, in a move that is hoped to remove hurdles to donation and medical and research innovation.
As more details emerge of the government’s plan to divert autistic children from the NDIS, the agency administering the scheme is still fighting to have support cut for adult participants.
A damning judgement of ‘highhandedness or cynical disregard’ by the Medicare watchdog has established a new front for civil litigation of public servants named in the robodebt royal commission.
More than seven years ago, a Victorian doctor embarked on what has become a quest to correct a small administrative quirk that has made the state’s death certificates unreliable.
Community health centres are a cherished innovation from the Whitlam era – yet they are at risk of collapse unless today’s Labor governments throw a lifeline.
A couple’s campaign following the death of their newborn has inspired changes to the Fair Work Act, to help close gaps between the public and private sectors in support for bereaved parents.
The latest drop in childhood immunisation rates has raised concerns among medical authorities that some communities are losing herd immunity to diseases such as measles.
