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Podiatrist’s application for judicial review of Board’s decision to caution him dismissed
In October 2015, the Board received a notification from a patient on whom the podiatrist had performed surgery. The complaint had been about the...
Hospital found to have delayed in treating bacterial meningitis
In 2005 the plaintiff was diagnosed with a benign brain tumour. Surgery to remove the tumour in 2006 led to 90% of the tumour being removed. Further...
HR Toolbox Edition 6 – 2017
Recent News On 4 September 2017, the Senate voted to expanded the Fair Work Ombudsman's investigative powers, while imposing limits on the types of...
Employer Successfully Rebuts Aged Care Worker’s Bullying Claim
The employee made multiple bullying allegations covering a period of approximately 3 years. Amongst those allegations she claimed that: the first...
Registered Nurse’s Conduct in a Drug Dispensing Arrangement Results in Professional Misconduct
An experienced mental health nurse and psychotherapist was involved in the care of a patient over a 13-year period, where the Patient had a complex...
Tribunal makes orders for reprimand and rehabilitation
In Medical Board of Australia v GMZ, a practitioner was found to have self-administered schedule 4 drugs over a period of 6 years that had not been...
Medicare Benefits Schedule Review Taskforce
Reporting to the Minister for Health, the Taskforce consists of a cross-section of private and public practitioners, academics and consumer...
HR Toolbox Edition 5 – 2017
1. Latest decisions Disciplinary meeting attendance a must The Federal Court of Australia has held that failure to attend a disciplinary meeting...
Referral for surgery – competent professional practice
The defendant, a specialist respiratory physician, referred the plaintiff to a cardiothoracic surgeon for treatment of a lung mass following the...
No basis for extension of time
On 12 June 2010 the plaintiff, then 9 weeks pregnant with a confirmed intrauterine pregnancy, was admitted to Geraldton Regional Hospital Emergency...