The Background Dr Sorough Ziaee was ordered to pay damages to his patient, Mr Michael Rubino after he failed to adequately follow up after a referral to a surgeon in the public system in the ACT. Mr Rubino consulted Dr Ziaee at first in July 2013, in relation to the...
The Background Dr Piesse accepted liability for five serious allegations, namely: Signing 149 false immunisation exemption certificates for unvaccinated children between January and August 2017 in circumstances where he knew they did not meet the statutory criteria...
The review will be led by the outgoing Queensland Health Ombudsman Andrew Brown and will consider the current risk-based regulatory framework of AHPRA and National Boards and examine the current codes of conduct, the notifications and investigations protocols and the...
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,...
Facts From 2008 to 2015, Dr Barhar was the Director of Obstetrics at Bacchus Marsh Hospital. Following a higher than State average rate of perinatal mortality during his tenure, in 2015 the Department of Health commissioned a review, which identified “catastrophic and...
While the receipt of a notification is not within your control, what you do in caring for your patients – from an initial consult through to discharge – certainly is. And while it is the quality of the care which is critically important, the documentation of such care...
Workpac v Rossato This case concerned the employment of Mr Rossato by Workpac Pty Ltd (Workpac), a labour hire agency. Over several years, Mr Rossato was employed by Workpac as a ‘Casual Field Team Member’ to provide services to Glencore Australia Pty Ltd at several...
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...
The Background Mr Hyland, a final year medical student, had his registration suspended by the Medical Council of NSW (Council) in August 2021. The Council had received a notification that Mr Hyland had been charged with multiple domestic violence and common assault...
The Background The Pharmacist’s dispensing came to the notice of the Department of Health in October 2018 when it was identified, through the SafeScript database, that from March 2015 to October 2018 she had supplied 52,368 tablets of codeine-containing analgesics by...