Medical Board of Australia's proposal to root out underperforming doctors

By Harriet Alexander
Updated August 28 2016 - 10:39pm, first published August 18 2016 - 1:28am
The Medical Board of Australia wants to identify and remediate poorly performing doctors.  Photo: Peter Braig
The Medical Board of Australia wants to identify and remediate poorly performing doctors. Photo: Peter Braig
There are 110,000 registered doctors in Australia and about 4 per cent of them have notifications against their registration. Photo: Peter Braig
There are 110,000 registered doctors in Australia and about 4 per cent of them have notifications against their registration. Photo: Peter Braig

Poor doctors will be rooted out and "remediated" under a proposal by the health regulator to improve the competence of medical practitioners.

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