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Health system under pressure as hospital data released

Hospitals across Queensland are under strain amid concerns the busy winter months could put more stress on the health system and blow out patient waiting times.

AAP

Doctors demand answers over end-of-life care funding

A peak medical body is calling for urgent end-of-life care funding in the Queensland budget and an explanation as to where previous funding has gone.

AAP

Review launched into sexual harassment of health staff

An independent review of sexual assault and harassment policies in Queensland hospitals will be launched amid concerns about workplace culture.

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Suppliers of unusable PPE should pay back taxpayer money, Australian peak doctors’ group says

Australian health department spokesperson says it is ‘exploring options for viable cost-recovery’

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Qld health boss resigns after whistleblower controversy

A health department chief is resigning after controversy over a recommendation to prosecute staff who disclose "inappropriate" information to journalists.

AAP

The Pharmacy Guild of Australia says the government's 60-day script policy will worsen medicine shortages. What does the data say?

The Pharmacy Guild of Australia says 400 drugs are on the "critical" shortage list and 20 per cent of those would be out of stock due to the government's new 60-day script policy. But the data tells a different story.

ABC News

Queensland health care workers to receive thousands under new incentive

Queensland is losing health care professionals to interstate job vacancies, so the government is offering them more money to stay local.

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Flu threatens young children with only 6 per cent of kids vaccinated

Ash and her young daughter Clancy caught influenza after they forgot to get vaccinated last year. She never wants to experience it again. So why are so many Aussie kids not getting their flu shot?

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New Queensland drug laws will keep thousands of people out of justice system, advocates say

The new laws mean police will issue a warning for first-time minor drug possession and offer a place in a diversionary program. It's hoped thousands of people will be kept out of jail as a result.

ABC News

Fears vaping generation risk chronic lung disease and shortened life spans as '10,000-puff' devices emerge

University of Sydney associate professor Becky Freeman, who led the Generation Vape study, told the ABC she had seen a vaping device which had advertised 10,000 puffs.

ABC News

Scientists push to change COVID-19 antiviral guidelines to make medication more accessible in Australia

Some scientists say Australia's guidelines on who can get antivirals is too restrictive. But the federal health department says our use of antivirals is only marginally less than the US.

ABC News

ACT plan for pharmacists to administer UTI medication criticised by Queensland GPs

The ACT government announces plans to allow pharmacists to provide over-the-counter medication for urinary tract infections, in a move similar to a pilot program heavily criticised in Queensland by local doctors.

ABC News

Heath bodies praise proposed Qld drug diversion changes

Queensland health organisations have welcomed the expansion of a drug diversion program as a positive step towards a health-based approach to drug use.

AAP

Queensland medical bodies warn of escalating costs to visit GPs due to payroll tax clash

Queensland's peak medical bodies warn the cost of going to the doctor could skyrocket as general practice comes under more strain due to a clash over tax law.

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Gladstone mum to make 100km trip for birth as maternity bypass continues

Pressure mounts on the Queensland government to end Gladstone Hospital's maternity bypass, as doctors warn of a "medical emergency".

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Gladstone community 'shocked' by closure of bulk-billed GP clinic Toolooa Family Practice

Gladstone residents are "shocked" by the sudden closure of their local GP practice but doctors warn it won't be the last, while calling on the federal government to take "urgent measures".

ABC News

Walk out at Rockhampton Hospital leaves one obstetrician to care for pregnant women in Central Queensland

Expectant mums in Central Queensland are left with a single obstetrician following a walkout at Rockhampton Hospital as chronic staff shortages continue to grip the region.

AAP

Qld maternity units understaffed, AMA says

The Australian Medical Association is calling on Queensland Health to fix chronic workforce shortages in regional hospitals.

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Queensland GPs issued with retrospective tax bills risk passing costs to patients, AMA warns

Queensland's Australian Medical Association says the state government is considering GPs as employees of the practices they work for, not contractors, and making them pay a form of payroll tax.

AAP

Qld GP contractors won't get tax exemption

The Queensland government says medical practices aren't being slugged with more payroll tax or targeted by compliance authorities.

ABC News

Scheduling for elective surgeries in Queensland in disarray after public holiday to mark Queen Elizabeth's death

Queensland Health said the Palaszczuk Government was still "working through any impacts" the public holiday to mourn Queen Elizabeth would have on health services.

ABC News

Sunshine Coast GP shortage sparks doctor's fears for patients

The closure of a Sunshine Coast GP clinic has shocked patients but not other doctors, who say increasing pressure will push more patients to emergency departments or to go without care.

ABC News

Queensland elective surgery patients face painful waits due to public hospital strain

Doctors warn patients are suffering, and becoming addicted to pain medication, as their conditions worsen during long waits for elective surgery at public hospitals.

ABC News

Queensland government gets 'Dirty Ashtray Award' over e-cigarettes as survey shows widespread community concern about vaping

New research finds the majority of Queenslanders think e-cigarettes are highly addictive, vaping should be banned in many public places and vape advertising should not be allowed on social media.

ABC News

Pharmacist prescription trial proposed as possible solution to the GP shortage faces indefinite delays

Some Australians are waiting longer than ever to see their GP, and one state has come up with a possible solution that would allow pharmacists to take over some of the doctors' prescription work. But a trial that was due to begin in June has now been delayed, with no…

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