Residential Aged Care Funding (Schedule 1) Commencement 1st October 2022 Each care recipient will be assigned AN-ACC classification level to calculate a variable amount of the residential aged care subsidy. The transition from the ACFI to the AN-ACC will be automatic...
Facts On 17 October 2016, the plaintiff consulted the GP for the first time, complaining of severe leg pain. She reported her pain to be “8 out of 10”. The doctor took a history and completed a basic examination. He prescribed moderate pain relief and requested some...
Background Between January 2015 and January 2018 Dr Darshn, a cosmetic surgeon, performed breast augmentation surgery at The Cosmetic Institute Pty Ltd (TCI). He held professional indemnity insurance with Avant from 27 September 2011 to 30 June 2019 and then with...
Please see below a summary of the guidelines as it applies to the residential aged care sector. In a residential aged care setting, where a critical worker has been exposed to a COVID-positive case in a ‘workplace setting’ by: not wearing full PPE (fit-tested N95/P2...
As announced today, from 12.01am on Thursday, 10 March 2022 the “very high” caseload setting will take effect, allowing all eligible industries (identified below) to implement the Policy. Before an employer can apply the Policy it must first register their critical...
Facts The patient underwent a tubal ligation with the practitioner, who applied Filshie clips to both the patient’s fallopian tubes to occlude them. When approximately nine months later, the patient fell pregnant with her fourth child, she sued the practitioner in...
The Background Dr Benedicto, as an international medical graduate, had limited registration as a medical practitioner, requiring her to practise under supervision. During the period October 2015 to May 2017, Dr Benedicto was alleged to have provided substandard...
The background Dr Constantin Jigau self-notified to the Medical Board of Australia (the Board) in October 2018 after he received a determination from the Professional Services Review Committee on 24 October 2018 which related to his rendering of services under 9 MBS...
The Inquiry’s terms of reference encompassed issues about the care and treatment provided to Aishwarya Aswath prior to her death in April 2021, the conduct of the root cause analysis undertaken at the Hospital following the death, ED staffing and patient flow models,...
The Primary Health Care Worker (Restrictions on Access) Directions (Directions) apply to all persons who provide health services to a patient at a primary health care facility. A primary health care facility is defined as including, but is not limited to, general...