Utrecht University Utrecht University in the Netherlands has withdrawn itself from the World University ranking World University Rankings provided by Times Higher Education. As this has generated quite some reactions - praise, questions, some doubts, I want to provide some context. Hence a thread 🧵1/16

There will be a lot of nervous state and territory Health Ministers around the country this weekend, reflecting on what their hospitals have done for years.

AMAQueensland AMA Victoria AMA (NSW) AMA(SA) ⚕
AMA (WA) AMA Tasmania AMA ACT

I just tested it to make sure I'm not crazy on a new device on iOS 17, and from first visiting HeyDATA.org, through Gumroad/Apple Pay checkout, all the way through initializing and installing.

The ENTIRE process to get to the point of having a conversation with DATA…

After 5 years of work, we have finally reached our next big milestone!

We have heard the feedback and now non-clinician sophisticated investors in Australia can now invest with us!

AI doing good:

An exciting paper on utilising machine-learning / AI in the discovery of a new bacteria specific anti-microbial targeting drug resistant A. baumannii!

Now to do the same for MRSA, VRE, Pseudomonas etc etc.

nature.com/articles/s4158…

The head of one of the top political donors in the country has been touted as a future Senator, while the Liberals he would join back him in on a major debate.

It's high time we shine a light on the murky world of lobbying and political donations. smh.com.au/politics/feder…

This is a fantastic initiative by the Federal government that all doctors can support. It will cut “just a script” visits down and for the truly stable patients, an annual check up and script refill is all that is needed. More efficiency and capacity for our healthcare system.

This is misleading.

I am a 3rd year doctor at Core Training level or Specialist Registrar Level 1.

Here is my payslip.

I get paid £19 an hour. My salary is £40257 a year. Not £55900.

#PayRestoration Junior Doctors DoctorsVote 🦀 #TellThemAgain

Here’s a re-cap of what various inquiries/reviews/experts have said about the Pharmacy Guild Agreement and its anti-competitive provisions which benefit providers over consumers.

insidestory.org.au/wrong-medicine/

Still doubling down. Wow. No clinician I know believes the current system or level of funding is working. We all said that. We are all still saying it.
Yet instead of working together this vendetta continues.
A sad day for patients & workforce. theage.com.au/politics/feder…

Using real data, Harrison et al from the Menzies Centre showed that GPs on average save Medicare $350m+ per year due to net under billing of services.

You can read this study here: sydney.edu.au/content/dam/co…

Btw this is how you do real research The Age The Sydney Morning Herald

What a surprise. Not!

NO evidence of widespread 'rorting' and 'fraud' by the nation's GPs.

In fact, GPs are so worried about triggering an audit that they're UNDERBILLING to the tune of over $300 million a year.🤦

RACGP ACRRM RDAA Mark Butler MP Anne Ruston

This was recommended in a Grattan Institute report a few years ago. It has been assessed by independent experts as safe, ↓ copays, ↓ GP workload but also ↓ pharmacy owner income. I still support this theage.com.au/politics/feder…

This is a fantastic idea. Even better doctors should just write private scripts with increased dispensing quantities for those medications that make no difference in cost whether private or PBS. Best example of this: 6 month supply of OCP dispensed once.