Springborg dials-up a second opinion on hospital award dispute

By Paul Hemsley A controversial plan to try and move Queensland’s entire public hospital senior medical staff onto individual workplace contracts by 1st July 2014 is continuing to generate indigestion after the state’s Health Minister Lawrence Springborg claimed the new deal had “a tick of approval” from Visiting Medical Officers. As new the draft contract […]

Doctors slam resuscitation of ‘Workchoices-style’ hospital contracts

By Paul Hemsley The Australian Medical Association (AMA) has slammed the Queensland government’s decision to move all of its public hospital Senior Medical Officers to individual contracts from 1st July 2014. The peak doctor’s group has warned that the state government’s decision will have “dramatic” consequences on medical workforce numbers and could force doctors to […]

New bird flu detection tests fly from Queensland

By Paul Hemsley The Queensland government has developed Australia’s first test to detect the new avian influenza H7N9 in humans in an effort to prepare for a potential pandemic of the recently discovered mutation of the virus. Influenza is a virus that frequently mutates and its variations in the avian variety have proven no different […]

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