Doctors and Medical Professionals

A coroner has found a doctor's prescription of drugs to two drug-dependent patients had a "direct causative role" in their deaths. Their report says the doctor had a "permissive approach to opioid prescribing" for more than two decades.

Sam Stubbs’s parents were asked about his quality of life while treating him for a lung infection. They realised it was because he was born with Down syndrome. 

Kalbarri residents will be forced to travel more than 100 kilometres to visit a doctor when the regional WA town's only GP clinic closes due to financial pressure.

Obesity surgeon Reza Adib has been suspended from practising medicine as he faces rape charges.

The Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) has called for stronger governance of professional development reimbursements for public sector medical officers, with some staff making claims for luxury items like watches and work bags.

Nurses at the Royal Hobart Hospital have been told they should stop wearing fun scrubs or "free dress" and reminded they need to maintain "some professionalism" regarding their uniform. 

Swifts Creek is an hour-and-a-half drive from the nearest hospital and residents are worried cuts to after-hours care at its Bush Nursing Centre might leave the community at risk.

The only psychiatrist in a regional WA area is given a more lenient sanction for sexually harassing a nurse, partially due to a lack of other mental health specialists in the area.

Optus has apologised after failing to notify a western Riverina town about a 13-day planned outage for service upgrades.

Tasmania's largest private mental health hospital, which was given a $2 million lifeline by the state government last year, had its corporate governance placed under review, following a formal complaint by the facility's former chief executive.

Sydney GP Andrew Small is granted bail, after being charged with allegedly sexually assaulting multiple female patients at an inner-city medical centre.

Jamie hopes his small town's almost decade-long run without a permanent GP is about to end, so he will not have to keep repeating his story to every doctor who passes through. 

Retired dentist William Tam may have exposed his patients to hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV at his clinic, according to NSW Health. 

A parliamentary inquiry makes more than 30 recommendations to address increase of poor veterinary mental health outcomes. 

The peak body for NSW councils has a six-point plan to help fix the state's regional health crisis.

More than 100 senior clinicians from a major regional hospital raise concerns in a letter to the state government about hospital culture.

The peak body for exercise physiologists says its members are being discriminated against with "unfair" taxes that other health services do not have to pay.

Numerous nursing students at Perth's Notre Dame University say issues with work placement have left them wondering if they will be able to graduate on time.

Pharmacists say government funding caps limiting the number of patients they can see in their homes for medication reviews means many are missing out on life-changing help.

A Kalgoorlie couple expecting triplets welcome a surprise fourth baby — delivering an extraordinarily rare set of quadruplets that stunned even their doctors.