Tag: AHPRA
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AHPRA’s LGBTIQA+ Strategy: Affirmation First or Evidence-Based Care?
An analysis of regulatory documents and what they may mean for clinicians and patient care Recent Freedom of Information documents released to Women Speak Tasmania provide insight into how the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) is developing its National Scheme LGBTIQA+ Equity and Inclusion Strategy. The documents show AHPRA has committed to using external…
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Is AHPRA’s Registration of a Trans-Identified Male as Female Putting Patient Consent at Risk?
The recent registration of the trans-identified male Dr Beth Upton by Australia’s medical regulator has raised serious concerns among women across the country. The trans-identified male Dr Beth Upton, who began transitioning in 2022, is now working as an unaccredited emergency-medicine trainee under supervision at Port Macquarie Base Hospital and Kempsey District Hospital on the…
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Peak medical regulator ‘compromised’ by partnership with trans lobby group
Australia’s peak medical regulator faces claims it has been hopelessly compromised in a string of controversial decisions because it is a signed-up member of Australia’s most powerful trans lobby group, ACON, which promotes gender-affirming medical treatment for children and teenagers. Documents released under FOI reveal how the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency developed an LGBTIQA+…
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Alleged Mismanagement and Resource Waste in the Health Practitioner Regulation for Dr Jillian Spencer Case – Email to AHPRA
Email sent to AHPRA Public Interest Disclosure Team on 04.04.26 Subject: Public Interest Disclosure – Alleged substantial misuse/waste of resources and maladministration in the administration of the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Dr Jillian Spencer case) Dear AHPRA Public Interest Disclosure team, I am making this disclosure as a member of the public under AHPRA’s…
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Complaint About AHPRA Decision – Letter to Health Ombudsman
Letter to the Health Ombudsman sent on 05.03.26 Dear Sir/Madam, I am writing to express concern about what appears to be an inconsistency in the way the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) is applying its regulatory powers. In February 2026, Dr Andrew Amos was banned from using social media and had restrictions placed on…
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Excommunicated by the Regulators: Dr Andrew Amos and the New Scientific Inquisition
In a deeply troubling example of regulatory overreach, the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA), acting through the Medical Board of Australia, has imposed sweeping conditions on respected academic psychiatrist Andrew Amos. On 26 February 2026, Dr Amos — a Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (FRANZCP) and a medical…
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Complaint to AHPRA Regarding Conditions Imposed on Dr Andrew Amos
On 26 February 2026, the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA), through the Medical Board of Australia, imposed significant conditions on Dr Andrew Amos, including restrictions on his use of social media and a prohibition on clinical patient consultation. These conditions prevent Dr Amos from engaging in any online discussion relating to gender medicine, gender…