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Background As a child, the plaintiff had been subjected to domestic violence by her father. She had also previously supported one of her sisters in...

Background The practitioner, a cardiothoracic surgeon, had his operating privileges withdrawn by the hospital following an unparticularised...

Sexual Misconduct recorded on public register One such amendment is the requirement for proven findings of sexual misconduct to now be permanently...

The patient subsequently commenced proceedings in the District Court of Western Australia against North Metropolitan Health Service alleging that...

The case centered on the conduct of a general practitioner, the Respondent, in his dealings with the mother of a six-year-old patient referred to as...

This reporting requirement will also be embedded into hospital accreditation standards by 2030, in partnership with the Australian Commission on...

The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra) and National Boards have published new ‘guidance’ relating to the prescription of...

Key Legal Principles In Stewart the High Court reaffirmed the compensatory principle of tort law: that damages should, so far as money can do so,...