Sarah Simpkins

The former deputy chief medical officer will advise on appropriate clinical governance. The $100 million GP telehealth corporate Eucalyptus has recruited former deputy chief medical officer Dr Nick Coatsworth as a clinical governance adviser.

Dr Matthew Vickers said telehealth providers were following the lead of other doctors. The worldwide semaglutide shortage has sparked an ‘emerging trend’ of telehealth platforms offering to prescribe locally compounded versions of the drug

InstantScripts’ new owner says the allegations relate to conduct from before the $135 million takeover. GP telehealth corporate InstantScripts has been fined $742,500 by the TGA for allegedly promoting the use of S4 drugs including antibiotics, insulin and

DoctorSquare co-owner Dr James Liang says there is a ‘big gap’ in after hours despite the rise in telehealth providers. A takeover deal has seen two of Australia’s after-hours providers join together with a combined GP workforce of around 400. GP-led DoctorSquare, which was

The Vitura Health CEO plans to add online medicine purchases to Doctors on Demand. A cannabis company has taken over high-profile GP telehealth corporate Doctors on Demand, with a pledge to start filling prescriptions online as part of

Because Parliament would need to pass legislation, changes may take time, says Dr Danielle McMullen. The Minister for Health and Aged Care will consider legal changes to remove the “frustrating” paperwork demands on GPs’ bulk-billed telehealth

The Tasmanian GP said he was acting as a ‘consultant’ to a doctor offshore

The former first-line antibiotic is now recommended as an alternative in specific circumstances.

A GP is taking the Federal Government to court over laws that ban doctors from discussing voluntary assisted dying in telehealth consultations. Since 2005, federal laws have banned ‘using a carriage service to counsel or incite suicide’, including phone calls, text messages, emails and video. Th…