by Julian Johnson | Jun 4, 2018
I noticed with interest and some concern, recent media attention (see for example and a Herald Sun story in mid-May) concerning the number of Australians travelling to Asia to undergo cosmetic surgery. According to a recent report, this may be 15,000 patients a year....
by Julian Johnson | Jul 6, 2016
It is no doubt my age.. but I have an acute sense of deja vu! As from 1 July 2016, we have ‘reverted’ to the old scheme of Boards of Management running our major hospitals (and geographic areas). See the Health Services Act 2016 + the 30 June 16...
by Julian Johnson | Mar 13, 2016
I read with interest the article in last weekend’s Sydney Morning Herald concerning Ian Harris’s recent book. In the interests of full disclosure, Ian is an orthopaedic surgeon from whom we commonly seek advice, as an independent expert to review and comment on...
by Julian Johnson | Jun 17, 2015
I read with interest the recent article in The Guardian provided an update as to the ever escalating rate of cesarean section births in Australia. The article makes all of the well-known [predictable?] arguments in favor of natural delivery. It is true, the divergence...
by Julian Johnson | Apr 6, 2015
The UK has recently altered its position in relation to the important question of a doctor’s obligations to warn their patients concerning risks of treatment. Preceding the decision in Montgomery v. Lanarkshire Health Board [2015] UKSC 11, delivered on 11 March...
by Julian Johnson | Feb 25, 2015
I read with interest recent medical literature, reporting on research at Johns Hopkins, emphasising the role of a 3rd factor in cancer incidence. Debate has traditionally focussed on the ‘environmental -v- hereditary’ nature of many cancers. New research, as...
by Julian Johnson | Nov 19, 2014
We have recently agreed to act on behalf of a client who has suffered significant irreparable facial scarring/disfigurement as a consequence of dermal fillers, she underwent earlier this year @ a slick, web-advertising, brochure wielding, ‘wellness’ clinic...
by Julian Johnson | Nov 27, 2013
I note with interest media attention to the comprehensive study recently completed relevant to the safety of midwifery care (in part as an alternative to obstetric medical management) across all pregnancies. This study confirmed that over an impressively scaled and...
by Julian Johnson | Nov 29, 2012
Interested talk at the recent annual ALA medical negligence conference in Sydney at which a stroke expert discussed a recently published large study of stroke treatment outcomes. Such study clearly demonstrated the benefits, in terms of survival chances, of giving...
