Doctors and Medical Professionals

There are growing calls for an independent inquiry into a series of deaths and medical traumas at Latrobe Regional Hospital.

A private hospital in Tasmania's south says it's preparing to pick up "as many" additional births "as possible" in light of the impending closure of Hobart Private Hospital's maternity services.

Australians with intellectual disability continue to experience unconscious bias in the medical system and poor health outcomes. Advocates are demanding change.

Almost 10 years after being directed to regulate unregistered health practitioners to better protect the public, some parts of Australia still haven't got around to it.

Two siblings running a clinic in Tasmania, which has the country's worst bulk-billing rate, say the new Medicare model proposed by Labor isn't viable at their practice for standard adult appointments.

Medical staff at one of Victoria's biggest regional hospitals have told the ABC that for every death at the facility, there are many close calls. Grieving and angry parents are demanding an independent investigation into staffing and care standards.

Letters sighted by the ABC confirm the Medical Board of Australia has referred Thomas Brough to the State Administrative Tribunal to answer claims of professional misconduct.

Liberal candidate Thomas Brough implies he is part of a group of doctors who will ensure WA gun owners are not negatively impacted by new mental health checks.

A locum doctor who walked out of a contract at Port Pirie Hospital after 45 minutes because it was "so understaffed that it was dangerous" has lost an appeal over her conduct. Dr Amira Mahboub saw just one patient before she left and failed to alert the appropriate managers she would not finish the contract. 

Long waits in overcrowded emergency departments are leaving patients frustrated and exacerbating violence towards staff, according to the peak body for emergency medicine.

A doctor who has saved "hundreds, if not thousands" of lives over nine years is retiring, which means the only skin cancer clinic on the Eyre Peninsula could shut.

Expectant mothers face an "upheaval, emotionally and logistically", one doctor says, after a maternity service provider's shock exit from Hobart and Darwin hospitals.

A private GP clinic in Broome has suddenly shut its doors, leaving patients scrambling to find alternative health care.

An internal document obtained by the ABC sheds further light on abortion services in western NSW when Orange hospital temporarily suspended abortions with no pregnancy complications.

New figures from SA Health show the number of code black incidents of violence or threats of aggression has almost doubled over the past year.

Health Minister Amber-Jade Sanderson says a Labor government will  enable GPs to both diagnose and prescribe for treatment of ADHD.

A doctor who helped in a homebirth where a mother died has been committed to stand trial charged with manslaughter.

Medical workers have condemned a video showing two NSW Health nurses bragging about killing and refusing to treat Israeli patients in hospital.

Medical and allied health graduates are moving to remote towns for adventure, to avoid the cost-of-living crisis, and to make the most of cheaper rent.

A report by the doctors' union says ambulance ramping is now a common occurrence at Mount Gambier Hospital, and patients and staff are being put at risk. But the state government says an expansion is underway.