Professional Standards Addressed
Uphold ethical, evidence-based clinical practice in line with the principles of informed consent
Maintain patient safety and professional accountability within a high-pressure regulatory environment
Engage in continuous professional development, collegial support, and open scientific discourse
Advocate for transparency, justice, and integrity in healthcare systems and governance
Dr. Gary Fettke
Dr. Gary Fettke is a retired Tasmanian orthopaedic surgeon and vocal proponent of nutrition being a major component of prevention and management of modern disease.
In 2014, he became repeatedly targeted by the processed food industry for his opinion, culminating in a ‘silencing’ by the AHPRA/ Medical Board. After three Senate Inquiry presentations and the intervention of the National Health Ombudsman, 2018 saw a clearance of those charges with an apology from the board. Dr. Fettke continues to support health care professionals, on a weekly basis, in their AHPRA notifications.
The Public Health narrative has become politicised, particularly in recent years around COVID management. It continues to shift, and any questioning of those ‘moving’ policies by individual health professionals, has meant threatening behaviour from health regulators overstepping their own authority. Too many times, the process is the punishment and this can take unnecessary months to years, all at a very significant cost to the practitioners and their patients.
Dr. Gary Fettke
MB, BS, FRACS (Ortho), FAOrthA.
At a glance
Retired Tasmanian orthopaedic surgeon and nutrition advocate. Targeted from 2014 for his views on nutrition, which led to a 'silencing' by AHPRA and the Medical Board, then cleared in 2018 with an apology from the board. Now supports health professionals through their AHPRA notifications every week.