The background On 15 March 2021, the (then) Minister for Health met with a person (Patient) who made allegations of inappropriate behaviour against a medical practitioner who worked at the Royal Hobart Hospital. The Minister and her staff were very concerned for the...
The background Dr Shah (a pseudonym) was charged with two counts of indecent assault and one count of serious criminal trespass in a place of residence. The complainant was a receptionist employed at the Medical Practice at which the Dr Shah worked as a general...
The Background Virginia Weekes was a 70-year-old woman who died at home on 4 April 2020. She had undergone a colonoscopy in December 2019 (with excision of two benign polyps and discovery of mild internal haemorrhoids), and an operation for a femoral hernia repair...
Background This case relates to the professional conduct of Dr Rakhi Basu when she worked as a junior doctor at Bacchus Marsh Hospital under the supervision of Dr Surinder Parhar, a senior doctor and the Director of Obstetrics between 2008 and 2011. During this...
The Background The National Law is enacted individually by each State and Territory in parallel (or very similar terms) to achieve uniformity across Australia for the regulation of registered health professionals. In February 2022, following public consultation, the...
Background Her symptoms were treated conservatively, however, by March 2012, when the appellant was aged 18 years, the pain in her left hip returned. Her treating GP referred her for x-ray scans of the hip and pelvis which were taken on 24 May 2012. The findings of...
Health insurance funds in Australia pay in the vicinity of $2 billion towards dental services annually.[1] An intrinsic part of the way dental services are funded in this country, insurance monies do come with strings attached: Put simply, health funds hold the money,...
The background Between 2012 and 2016 Mr Blackstock performed breast augmentation surgeries on the Applicants. Mr Blackstock held medical indemnity insurance with Avant until his policy was terminated by Avant with effect from 24 April 2018 for non-payment of...
Background The Podiatry Board of Australia (the Board) alleged that the podiatrist: failed to maintain any or any appropriate professional indemnity insurance (PII) between June 2016 and October 2018; made false declarations about his PII to the Board when renewing...
The Emotional Cost Seeing your name on the initial claim or complaint associated with alarming legal terms like negligent, below standard of care or unprofessional may cause a roller coaster of emotions: shock, anger, fear and anxiety, guilt, shame, defensiveness,...