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Felicity Nelson

Science journalist; strategy consultant

Felicity Nelson is a science and health journalist with bylines in ScienceAlert, Guardian Australia, The Medical Republic and news.com. Her stories were published in The Best Australian Science Writing anthologies in 2020, 2019 and 2017. Felicity runs a science writing and strategy consulting business called Frogs and Stars.

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A quarter of GPs feel burned out every day

Two years of crisis after crisis has left a scar on general practice, with 14% of GPs saying they feel burned out at least once a day.

Infectious diseases

Clinical Articles

‘We will never control the virus with vaccines alone’: Virologist

COVID vaccines have saved millions of lives around the world, but we need more than just vaccines to control the pandemic, says virologist Dr Gary Grohmann.

Infectious diseases

Clinical Articles

1 in 9 GPs infected with COVID in the past two months

GPs are getting knocked out by covid infections for days or weeks at a time, creating spillover work for their already-burned-out colleagues and longer wait times for patients.

Infectious diseases

Clinical Articles

‘Vaccine fatigue’ and misinformation are driving the lower booster uptake

Are patients simply bored of covid vaccines or is there something else going on?

Infectious diseases

Clinical Articles

One in five GPs at risk of potentially fatal Zostavax error

A survey of around 500 doctors exposes knowledge gaps.

‘Disconnected’, ‘Loss of focus’, ’Does great work’: Presidential candidates respond to member concerns

How do you plan to address member concerns if you are elected president? This week, Healthed revealed that only 25% of GPs feel that they get value for money from their RACGP membership.

By Yasmin Clarke, Felicity Nelson

Clinical Articles

Public health

78% of GPs don’t understand the new CPD

This week, Healthed asked GPs how they felt about the upcoming changes to CPD

By Yasmin Clarke, Felicity Nelson

Clinical Articles

Public health

78% of GPs want ‘cosmetic cowboys’ banned

It’s not just plastic surgeons who are calling for major reforms...

By Felicity Nelson, Yasmin Clarke

Clinical Articles

Surgery

30% of GPs have seen bad outcomes from non-specialist cosmetic surgery but only 1% reported to AHPRA

Almost one-third of GPs have seen negative outcomes from cosmetic surgical procedures performed by doctors who were not formally trained in surgery, but only 1% of GPs reported these cases to AHPRA.

By Felicity Nelson, Yasmin Clarke

Clinical Articles

Surgery

GPs on social media – Where can we find them?

GPs seem less active in their social media use compared with the general Australian population, exclusive survey data reveals

By Yasmin Clarke, Felicity Nelson

Clinical Articles

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