These sites were specially set up (with origins dating back to the 1950s) to give disabled people the chance to participate in employment and further their workplace skills, while socialising in the process. Supported employees at the sites perform work such as basic...
The background Since it was never suggested that the Patient had consented to the risk of being burnt, the resolution of the case turned on what caused the scarring, and, in particular, whether the Patient was burnt by the treatment. A County Court judge found that...
Background The Respondent’s decision was based upon what the Respondent described as a risk to the health and safety of the public. The Applicant assisted a woman in removing her twin daughters from their father, who had been named residential parent by order of the...
New Code The Code of Practice for Retirement Villages 2022 commenced on 1 April 2022. It is found in a schedule to the Fair Trading (Retirement Villages Interim Code) Regulations 2022 (WA). The new Code will apply for 3 years, expiring 31 March 2025. What has changed?...
Background The recommendations made are as follows: Proposed reforms to the National Law to regulate the use of the title ‘surgeon’ should undergo broad consultation and be progressed as a priority. AHPRA and national boards should introduce a more flexible...
FACTS In the context of an undetermined custody dispute, Child A, who was 15 years old, wished to be fully immunised against COVID-19. She received her first COVID-19 vaccine in November 2021 and wanted to proceed with the second and third doses in the usual course....
Background The practitioner is a gastroenterologist and hepatologist who regularly performs colonoscopies and rectal examinations on sedated female patients. Allegations were made against the practitioner regarding two incidents of digital vaginal penetration of two...
The appeal was principally concerned with the statutory interpretation of section 156(1)(a) of the National Law. That section provides, relevantly, that the Board may take immediate action if the Board reasonably believes that: because of the practitioner’s conduct,...
Background Patient A was a patient of the practitioner for 7 years (from 2011 to 2018), during which time he provided her general medical services, prescriptions and antenatal care. In September 2015, the practitioner employed Patient A on a casual basis at his...
As aptly explained in a note found in the Interim Code of Practice for Retirement Villages (No. 2) 2021: ‘Retirement villages are clearly marketed by the industry as permanent accommodation for their residents. Accordingly, a residence contract may be terminated only...