by Gerald | Feb 14, 2019 | News
Dear NAPP members, Please find below a link to an article on the suicide death of Dr Chloe Abbott. NAPP has been a public critic of the current mandatory reporting rules, which discourage medical students and other doctors from seeking help....
by Stephen Milgate | Sep 27, 2018 | News
Vale Dr Bruce Dalway Shepherd, AM (26/10/1932 – 25/05/2018) Bruce Dalway Shepherd was born at the height of the Great Depression on 26/10/1932 in the NSW country town of Tamworth. It was a difficult birth. His mother Mary (a former trainee nurse at the Coast Hospital...
by Gerald | Sep 26, 2018 | News
TO ALL AUSTRALIAN PSYCHIATRISTS, REGISTRARS AND TRAINEES Dear Colleagues Since our inception in 1996, The National Association of Practicing Psychiatrists (NAPP) has worked tirelessly to safeguard conditions for doctors and patients, from potential negative changes to...
by Gerald | Aug 6, 2018 | News
Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt agreed to tear up the legislation behind MyHealth Record system to protect patients from having their medical records accessed by police. In addition Australians may be given an extra month to opt out of the MyHealth Record. Following...
by Gerald | Jul 18, 2018 | Issues, News
Mental Health Bodies Recommend ‘opt out’ – Originally published in the New Daily Australians with mental illnesses have been warned to consider opting out of the government’s My Health Record, over fears they will be discriminated against if their digital...
