At the COAG Health Council meeting on 7 October 2016, Health Ministers agreed to proceed with amendments to the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (the National Law) to bring paramedics into the National Registration and Accreditation Scheme (NRAS) for health...
The inquest In Inquest into the death of Michael James Calder, Deputy State Coroner Lock of the Coroners Court in Queensland considered the circumstances of Mr Calder’s death in the Holy Spirit Northside Private Hospital (hospital) in July 2014. Mr Calder was aged 33...
From 12 November 2016 small businesses will be afforded the same protection that consumers currently have from unfair contract terms under the Treasury Legislation Amendment (Small Business and Unfair Contract Terms) Act 2015. Businesses entering into supply...
The patient was initially restrained for some two hours in the Ward’s lounge room. Thereafter while he was still being restrained in a chair by means of a pelvic posey, the two nurses used a second pelvic posey to fasten the chair to railing in a corridor near the...
Background In mid-April 2010, the mother suffered from a severe attack of gastroenteritis. She was required to attend Wagga Wagga Base Hospital every day for a period of three weeks. Daily CTG monitoring of her baby was carried out and an ultrasound was performed...
The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) has released a position paper calling for all healthcare services and government agencies that communicate patient information with general practices to eliminate paper forms and faxes within the next three...
A nurse practitioner was found to have engaged in professional misconduct after billing Medicare inappropriately and engaging in multiple boundary violations. The nurse practitioner provided therapy at centres providing crisis and homeless accommodation to adults and...
Currently, 47 doctors Australia-wide are under conditions requiring a chaperone as a temporary protective measure, allowing them to continue to practise whilst misconduct allegations are investigated by AHPRA. The Chaperone system requires strict monitoring and...
To provide a flexible and proactive framework for the regulation of public health, the West Australian Parliament has passed the Public Health Act 2016 with the object ‘to protect, promote and improve the health and wellbeing of the public of Western Australia and to...
Revised guidelines for use by medical, health professionals and driver licensing authorities have been published detailing updated medical standards for the purposes of assessing fitness to drive. The new edition of Assessing Fitness to Drive comes into effect on 1...