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AHPRA the Australian Health Practioner Regulation Authority 4

The real concern about organisations like AHPRA, in addition to how totally ineffective they are, is that it would appear that no matter how much black and white evidence is gathered about their ineffectiveness nothing is going to change and … Continue reading

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AHPRA the Australian Health Practioner Regulation Authority 3

We never cease to be amazed at the number of things we come across that leave us absolutely flabbergasted – and none more so than this part of this article:- The fact is that the present situation is 99% the … Continue reading

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Getting copies of your “health records and information” from NSW doctors 6

We’ve found that, in relation to this, that it almost shocks some doctors that you should have the slightest concern about how to get them  – they simply say, “You just have to ask for them!” Our experience with Dr … Continue reading

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Dr Andrew Brooks Urologist 4

It’s 3 months today since, on 7 Aug 2015, we started writing to Dr Elizabeth Coombs, the NSW Privacy Commissioner, seeking to get her help to get copies of one of our readers’ health records and information from Dr Andrew … Continue reading

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The Australian Medical Association

On 28 Sep 2015, we sent a letter by email to Dr Brian Owler, the President of the Australian Medical Association which seemed harmless enough – we asked if there was anyone “within the medical profession” to whom those who … Continue reading

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We have a dream 1

And that is that whenever we have a problem there’s an ordinary email address we can use to access the the best experts in the world and the best information in the world to help us with it. Two things … Continue reading

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The Information and Privacy Commission New South Wales

One of our readers started correspondence with Dr Elizabeth Coombs, the NSW Privacy Commissioner, on 7 Aug 2015, complaining that a particular doctor wasn’t providing him with copies of his health records and information, in accordance with the law. To … Continue reading

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Doctors & emails 2

To us, there are now two worlds. There’s the New World of people and organisations who have ordinary email addresses readily available and who allocate the resources necessary to provide timely and helpful replies to reasonable emails sent to them. … Continue reading

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Dr Brian Owler Neurosurgeon

On 28 Sep 2015, we sent Dr Owler, President of the Australian Medical Association, a letter by email asking whether there was anyone within the medical profession to whom complaints about a bad doctor could be addressed. On 14 Oct … Continue reading

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Western Urology Dr Andrew Brooks’ practice

Dr Brooks has an ordinary email address on his website, but like many doctors, he doesn’t answer emails sent to him, at least by his patients. But Dr Brooks is different in that he claims there’s a perfectly good reason … Continue reading

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