Medical Council of New South Wales

Q. I’m a GP and see hundreds of patients each month. Does that mean there’s a high risk someone will complain about me? A. NSW has almost 8000 GPs, yet only 8 per cent of GPs attracted a complaint in 2016/17. Given that GPs have thousands of clinical encounters each...

No matter how thorough you are in your medical practice, it’s possible that at some point someone will complain about you. If that happens, the Health Care Complaints Commission or NSW Medical Council will contact with you. Don’t panic! Here’s five tips for dealing...

Each year, the Medical Council considers about 2300 complaints and notifications about medical practitioners in NSW. Complaints cover a wide range of issues, ranging from clinical care and prescribing practices through to concerns about a medical practitioner’s own...

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