Goulburn Valley Health is facing a s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) instigated by A Packer.
July 25, 2017
A Geelong nursing home is still on partial lockdown after residents and staff members were struck down by a suspected gastro outbreak over the weekend. A dozen residents and two staff members at Belmont’s Uniting AgeWell Nangatta residential aged care facility were hit by the suspected gastroenteritis outbreak over the weekend. Uniting AgeWell spokeswoman Rebecca Ryan confirmed the “small, contained outbreak”.
July 25, 2017
The Community and Public Sector Union and Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency have a s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) before Fair Work Commissioner Bissett in court 5 & conference room D – level 6 in Melbourne at 9.30am.
July 25, 2017
Taxpayers will recoup more than $110,000 after four Geelong people were prosecuted for welfare rorting on Monday. The Commonwealth took each of the defendants to court for obtaining financial advantage by deception after they each failed to report and/or under-reported their income to Centrelink while also claiming pensions. Magistrate Peter Mellas heard Belmont man Christopher Hamilton, 32, had been a carer to his ill mother while living in Tasmania, but continued claiming money as her carer even after August 2015, when he moved to the mainland to live in Geelong.
July 25, 2017
A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application by Adventist Healthcare limited for its Adventist Healthcare Limited Allied Health and Support Services Staff Enterprise Agreement 2017-2020 has been approved by Commissioner Johns in Sydney on 17 July 2017.
July 25, 2017
Serious concerns of a “severe risk to the health, safety and wellbeing” of elderly people have led to two NSW nursing homes being slapped with sanctions, while four others have non-compliance notices. But experts say it’s only the tip of the iceberg, with neglect and abuse of vulnerable and frail residents described as being at “crisis point”. The Garrawarra Centre in Waterfall and Hillside at Figtree in Wollongong are ineligible for federal funding for new residents for six months because of sanctions imposed on them by the Department of Health.
July 25, 2017
The Health Services Union and Ballarat Health Services will have their s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) determined by Commissioner Cribb in conference rooms E & F – level 6 at 4.30pm in Melbourne.
July 25, 2017
Education and training provider Aged Care Channel has announced Yvonne Webley as its new CEO.
