Queen’s Birthday Honours for gastroenterologists

Gastroenterologists have been recognised in 2021 Queen's Birthday Honour list for their services to medicine. Professor Geoffrey Metz has been awarded an Officer (AO) in the General Division of the Order of Australia...

Gastroenterologists have been recognised in 2021 Queen's Birthday Honour list for their services to medicine. ...

Medicopolitical

News in brief: Specialists in top 10 for Australian incomes; Liver branding surgeon can return to work; Gastroenterologists call for ‘radical’ changes to Hep B testing

Specialists in top 10 for Australian incomes Doctors led by surgeons and anaesthetists hold five of the 10 top places for high-income earners in Australia, according to ATO statistics for the 2018-19 financial year. Internal medicine specialists were in third spot,...

Specialists in top 10 for Australian incomes Doctors led by surgeons and anaesthetists hold five of the 10 top places for...

IBD

IBD prevalence in Australia is higher than previously estimated: study

The first national study of the prevalence of IBD in Australia has found rates to be twice as a high as previously estimated in smaller regional studies. Based on lifetime IBD diagnosis data from more than 2.4 million primary care...

The first national study of the prevalence of IBD in Australia has found rates to be twice as a...

Workforce

Oversupply of medical graduates pushes specialists to work outside of major cities

More doctors are choosing to work as specialists rather than GPs, pushing many to work in rural areas as Australia’s ever expanding medical workforce increases supply and competition for positions in metropolitan areas. The ‘Evolution in the Medical Workforce’ report...

More doctors are choosing to work as specialists rather than GPs, pushing many to work in rural areas as Australia’s...