Nurses should be given more powers to discharge patients and help ease the pressure on South Australia’s overcrowded hospitals, the union says. Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) state secretary Elizabeth Dabars said the State Government agreed to roll out nurse-led discharges in some areas of the health system 18 months ago. The change would mean nurses could discharge patients from hospital in certain situations, such as after minor surgeries, and according to criteria agreed upon by doctors. Ms Dabars said the practice was already happening for specific situations in some hospitals but not enough had been done to implement a broader policy change.
July 13, 2017
Uraidla Physio is still fighting a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) application by Mitchell.
July 13, 2017
A Gold Coast judge has refused to stand aside from a case involving an alleged fake Russian doctor, after accusations of bias. Vincent Berg, a former Soviet political refugee who is facing more than 20 charges including grievous bodily harm and using forged qualifications to gain medical registration in Queensland, on Wednesday sought to have Judge David Kent QC removed from the case. In a pre-trial hearing, defence lawyers argued the judge could be perceived as being biased because he had previously sat on the Medical Board. But Judge Kent ruled that the charges against Berg dated back to 1999, about 15 years before he was on the board. He said the argument that he could be seen as not being impartial was “understandable” but rejected it and declined to recuse himself. Berg’s trial is set down for later this month.
July 13, 2017
A sch.3, item 15 (Application by agreement to terminate collective agreement-based transitional instrument) by Town and Country Community Options Limited T/A Town and Country Community Options for its Town and Country Community Options – Disability Support Workers Agreement 2007 has been granted.
July 13, 2017
Western Australia health service has experienced its second high-profile departure within months of a damning report calling for leadership change, with Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH) executive director Michelle Dillon resigning to “pursue other opportunities”. Ms Dillon’s resignation following on the heels of health chief Frank Daly’s exit last month and the release of a report revealing “genuine issues” with morale at the hospital. In the report, 90 per cent of the 200 staff interviewed said the hospital was a “very unhappy place to work” and about 10 per cent wanted to resign.
July 13, 2017
G4S Custodial Services Pty Ltd and the Health Services Union are debating a s.418 (Application for an order that industrial action by employees or employers stop etc.)
July 13, 2017
A woman was escorted from a long-term care home dining room by a security guard while her elderly mother, who suffers from dementia, watched in shock. Another was handed a notice under the Trespass To Property Act and told she could no longer stay in her severely disabled mother’s room while she was being cared for by staff. Both women are retired hospital nurses who say the long-term care home where their mothers live has been using no trespass notices and the threat of fines to limit their visits and punish them because they have complained about substandard care and dangerous hygiene practices.
July 13, 2017
A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application by Boandik Lodge Incorporated for its Boandik Lodge Inc. Professional Health Practitioners Enterprise Agreement 2016 has been approved by Commissioner Lee in Melbourne on 12 July 2017.
