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FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA Australian Society of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery Limited v Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency [2024] FCA 995 File number(s): NSD 720 of 2022 Judgment of: PERRY J Date of judgment: 30 August 2024 Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – whether the Court has jurisdiction to grant the declaratory relief sought – whether […]

Associate Professor Gemma Sharp never thought she would find herself in a theatre urging the audience to yell, “Vulva!” A senior clinical psychologist and associate professor in the Department of Neuroscience at Monash University, Sharp has seven university degrees. And yet, here she was “vulva shouting” on a Ted X talk. It was a mistake

Rita Yang had just handed in her resignation letter at Middlemore Hospital in Auckland when Whakaari/White Island erupted on December 9, 2019. She had been hired for her expertise in gender affirming surgery and breast reconstruction. But working in an extremely stretched public healthcare system saw her stuck in elective surgery and she had done

After being blind-sided by the banning of referring to prescription only products as ‘anti-wrinkle injection’ and ‘dermal filler’ by the TGA in December 2023, the updated guidance on advertising health services has finally been released.  From the TGA “To resolve any inconsistency in interpretation across industry areas, the TGA no longer permits references to terms

The banning of referring to prescription only products as ‘anti-wrinkle injection’ and ‘dermal filler’ by the TGA caught the majority of practitioners by surprise, especially with learning that the changes came into effect on 18th December last year.  From the TGA “to support the consistent application of legislation related to the  advertising of therapeutic goods

Launched today by Minister for Health and Aged Care, The Hon Mark Butler MP, on behalf of the Australian  Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, the Cosmetic Surgery Standards are designed to provide stronger public safeguards and can be implemented across the sector immediately.  The safety and quality standards will be mandated for