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Health ministers warned that fast-track changes could bring ‘postcode’ health care

Staff Writer — Wed, 04 Dec 2024 21:52:58 +0000

Or lack of it, depending on where you live, is the concern of the CPMC and others. Image: BJP7images/stock.adobe.com.

Australia’s state health ministers have been warned that the proposed fast-track registration of Specialist International Medical Graduates (SIMGs) risks exacerbating a two-tier healthcare system in
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All-new Alcon Unity vitreoretinal and cataract systems approved in Australia

Myles Hume — Tue, 03 Dec 2024 22:44:24 +0000

Alcon has confirmed its new Unity systems are now registered in Australia, and will be commercially available in 2025. Image: Konektus Photo/Shutterstock.com.

Alcon has revealed its “highly anticipated” Unity Vitreoretinal Cataract System [VCS] and Unity Cataract System [CS] have been included on the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods and notified
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Changes at the top in Optometry Australia national board shuffle

Staff Writer — Tue, 03 Dec 2024 03:00:06 +0000

Theo Charalambous (left) is the new president of Optometry Australia. Also getting new roles on the board are Shavu Bose, Ramy Aziz and Elise Pocknee-Clem. Image: Optometry Australia.

Mr Theo Charalambous has been appointed president and Mr Shuva Bose as vice-president of Optometry Australia (OA). Charalambous succeeds Ms Margaret Lam, who has served in the position since 2022. Co-opted
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ASO launches petition to push for establishment of private health commission

Staff Writer — Mon, 02 Dec 2024 22:52:38 +0000

The ASO has started an online petition in the wake of the Healthscope insurance impasse. Image: Andrey Popov/stock.adobe.com

The Australian Society of Ophthalmologists (ASO) has launched a petition for the Federal Government to establish a private health commission. The move follows months of ongoing and unresolved disputes
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Number of medical professionals in Australia hits record, says Ahpra

Staff Writer — Mon, 25 Nov 2024 20:30:16 +0000

Medical professionals from overseas make up a big slice of Australia's increase in the health workforce numbers. Image: Sudok1/stock.adobe.com

The number of registered medical practitioners in Australia has passed 900,000 for the first time, according to the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra) annual report. At 30 June this
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Optometry Australia says Gov must reinstate two-yearly Medicare-subsidised eye exams

Staff Writer — Tue, 19 Nov 2024 22:36:41 +0000

Statistics show Australians are having fewer eye exams after government changes to Medicare. Image: Photocreo Bednarek/stock.adobe.com

Optometry Australia (OA) is renewing its call for the Federal Government to reinstate Medicare-subsidised eye exams every two years for all Australians under 65, with the latest figures showing a “disturbing
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Ophthalmic voice heard as health minister considers scope-of-practice overhaul

Myles Hume — Tue, 12 Nov 2024 03:07:06 +0000

The role of orthoptists and oral drug prescribing by optometrists featured in the final report. Images: Seventyfour/stock.adobe.com & Jiri Hera/stock.adobe.com.

Practitioner title protection and the “unnecessarily complex” process to make reforms around issues like drug prescribing are among longstanding issues potentially holding back the ophthalmic sector,
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Fast-track process for overseas medical specialists approved by ministers

Staff Writer — Sun, 27 Oct 2024 22:46:25 +0000

More overseas medical professionals are heading to Australia after a streamlining of the registration process. Image: MohamadFaizal/stock.adobe.com.

Australia’s health ministers have approved the registration standard that fast-tracks the process bringing overseas specialists into Australia. That paves the way for a range of specialist international
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Royal Australasian College of Surgeons undertaking ‘historic governance overhaul’

Staff Writer — Tue, 22 Oct 2024 05:00:15 +0000

RACS oversees nine surgical divisions, but it also has fellows in obstetrics and gynaecology and ophthalmology. Image: Try_my_best/Shutterstock.com

The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS), which counts ophthalmologists among its ranks, is implementing one of the most significant governance overhauls in its near 100-year history. After receiving
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Eye tests by optometrists, ophthalmologists on the cards for older SA drivers

Staff Writer — Mon, 21 Oct 2024 01:03:22 +0000

Many elderly people see their driver licence as the key to their independence. Image: Budimir Jevtic/stock.adobe.com

Older drivers may soon need eye tests from an optometrist or ophthalmologist before driving in South Australia, under a new plan to make roads safer. That is one of two key changes being discussed by a
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