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Charlie Teo's parting swipe at medical regulator

AAP - 01-04-2023

Controversial neurosurgeon Dr Charlie Teo has done little to hide his contempt for the system which has accused him of wrongdoing by misleading patients, conducting dangerous

 
'Millimetre' mistake may have cost patient

AAP - 28-03-2023

High-profile neurosurgeon Charlie Teo says if he cut into the brain just a millimetre too far it could have been be enough for one of his patients never to wake up.

 
NSW task force appointed to slash wait for surgery

AAP - 28-03-2023

Labor has underlined its focus on health as new Premier Chris Minns announced a clinical-led task force to slash public hospital surgery wait lists. About 100,000

 
Victorian children waiting longer for elective surgery

AAP - 15-02-2023

Elective surgery wait times have increased at Melbourne's Royal Children's Hospital, with some waiting more than a year for treatment. Victoria's

 
AMA urges action on elective surgery

AAP - 14-01-2023

A ballooning number of people waiting for elective surgery needs to be addressed urgently with extra funding and reforms, the Australian Medical Association says.

 
Tip-offs fan 13 cosmetic surgery inquiries

AAP - 08-11-2022

The medical regulator has launched 13 investigations into allegedly unsafe or inappropriate cosmetic surgery practices after graphic claims of malpractice. Some

 
Hidden surgery waiting lists a 'scandal'

AAP - 01-10-2022

Elective surgery patients are waiting up to several years on hidden waiting lists to see specialists in hospital outpatient clinics, the Australian Medical Association says.

 
Young man dies after appendix surgery

AAP - 27-09-2022

A coroner will examine how a healthy, young Sydney man died after routine surgery and whether hospital staff properly kept his distraught family in the loop.

 
Docs want details on cosmetic crackdown

AAP - 03-09-2022

Australian doctors have called on health ministers across the country to quickly detail and act on proposed changes to the cosmetic surgery sector. Under proposed

 
Cosmetic surgery's pathway to reform

AAP - 01-09-2022

March 2021 The Senate refers an inquiry into the administration of registration and notifications by the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency to the

 

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