Medical Specialisation

Hobart-based performer Quin Thomson embarks on medical transition amid service shortages, as Tasmanian GPs working with trans and gender-diverse patients close their books.

Prosthetics funding is a key election issue for face and neck cancer survivors whose prostheses are not currently covered by Medicare.

Losing an eye is a traumatic experience, having an artificial eye made should help with the healing process. For these people, who were clients of Jack McDonald, it wasn't.

A Lithuanian national whose leg was amputated during an emergency medical extraction from Tasmania's remote wilderness will soon return home after a two-month recovery.

The Australian Medical Association is ringing the alarm on the state of the nation’s mental health system as workforce shortages in the field of psychiatry leave vulnerable patients in limbo.

Melbourne teenagers who underwent leukaemia treatment during COVID lockdown go on a work experience placement at the medical research laboratory who investigated their treatment. 

Thousands of doctors in South Australia and hundreds in Victoria have joined Facebook referral groups to manage patient loads.

Taryn Trepp was born with pulmonary hypertension and at 17 she was close to death. Fourteen years later, she's still friends with one of the doctors who saved her life. 

Kate Willis was just 11-weeks-old when doctors diagnosed her with cystic fibrosis, but new treatments mean she's now thriving in adulthood.

There are fears GP cash incentives worth $40,000 in Victoria and Queensland are luring trainees away from the New South Wales country towns which desperately need them.

Bush nurses are often the first responders to emergencies in remote areas, which means they could be delivering a baby one day, and saving someone's life on the back of a ute the next.

Regional families with sick children say they are at breaking point as they struggle with lengthy wait times for specialist medical appointments and mounting travel costs. 

The federal government has committed $50m to a project aimed at developing artificial heart devices that can be implanted into children and adults.

Amber-Jade Sanderson says private health insurers and the federal government need to help improve coverage for mental health care after a Perth clinic closed because it was not financially viable.

The state’s ambulance inquiry has heard from the head of Ambulance Tasmania that up to a quarter of the state’s ambulances aren’t dispatched to emergencies on time.

When Lisa Gilbert was deciding what to specialise in, she had to choose between her dream physician job or staying in the region that had become her home due to limited training options outside the city.

They are essential to diagnosing brain, skeletal, and organ problems, but if you live in this regional area you won't find a bulk-billed MRI easily.

Royal Australian College of General Practitioners president Nicole Higgins, says compounded medicines could have unexpected integrations with other medications.

Leading emergency health specialist Stephen Gourley will head the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine, making history as the first rural physician in the top job.

Trachoma rates in children have halved in a decade and health experts say it's thanks to close consultation with communities.