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So you’re a home care provider who enters into brokerage arrangements … or are you?
‘Brokerage’ is a term frequently used by home care providers. In our experience it has become a term used to describe a number of situations in...
Medical emergencies – is there a doctor on board?
Last week, a two month old infant died on board an AirAsia flight from Kuala Lumpur to Perth. The tragic death followed an inflight medical...
Anaesthetist who undertook unnecessary rectal examination succeeds in staying suspension of his registration
An anaesthetist who undertook a clinically unnecessary rectal examination of an anaesthetised patient at the alleged encouragement of the colorectal...
Not-For-Profits: It’s Ok to be ‘Profitable’
Not-for-profit organisations from time to time seek advice from us before embarking on an exciting new commercial or income-generating venture....
HR + Employment Law: Latest Alert Edition 18 – 2019
Latest News The Mental Health Code of Practice has been launched this week by the Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety, following...
Redetermination of Penalty following Appeal provides similar outcome
On 31 January 2017 the State Administrative Tribunal handed down its initial decision finding that the Doctor’s conduct in relation to a Patient...
Dealing with the Professional Services Review Agency
There have also been record increases in the number of referrals made and in the number of services falling under scrutiny in each review. Whereas,...
Preventable death finding highlights risks posed by violent residents
Betty Quayle was 89 years of aged when she died on 31 May 2013. Mrs Quayle resided at an aged care residential facility in Cairns. Resident A also...
Informed consent and usual practice of doctors
On 21 January 2013, the plaintiff jumped from the balcony of a second storey building, intending to land in the swimming pool below. Unfortunately,...
A Legal Analysis of the Similarities and Differences Between Retirement Villages and Strata Titles in WA
This discussion comes about because (legal definitions aside for the moment) to many ageing persons and/or their family, at its most basic level a...