A coronial inquiry into the deaths of two stroke patients at the Royal Adelaide Hospital may not be possible due to a lack of information being provided by SA Health — with one of the deaths not even being reported, the state coroner has said. Staffing levels at the RAH were questioned by the state Opposition over the weekend after it was revealed the hospital’s only two specialist stroke surgeons were on holidays at the same time. Staff were forced to find another specialist for two patients who were admitted to hospital and required surgery during April. Both patients died and the matter was referred to the coroner. But coroner Mark Johns said he only found out about the second death through the media.
May 17, 2017
A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application by Wyndham Wellness Centre Pty Ltd T/A Back In Motion Point Cook for its Back In Motion Point Cook Enterprise Agreement 2015 has been granted by Commissioner Gregory in Melbourne on 15 May 2017.
May 17, 2017
The vast majority of incident reports documenting problems at Canberra Hospital were inadequate, missing information or used inappropriate severity ratings, an internal audit has revealed. The audit, obtained under Freedom of Information laws, was completed in November 2015 and raises concerns for patient safety and the quality of investigations into incidents to prevent them recurring.
May 17, 2017
A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application by Carrum Downs Health Services Pty Ltd T/A Back In Motion Carrum Downs for its Back in Motion Health Group Carrum Downs Enterprise Agreement 2017 has been granted.
May 16, 2017
Southern Cross Care (NSW & ACT) Limited has a (s.739 – Application to deal with a dispute) lined up by a staff member (McNamara).
May 16, 2017
Health Services Union and the Australian Education Union and Another are in a (s.576(2)(aa) – Promoting cooperative and productive workplace relations and preventing disputes) debate before Fair Work Commissioner Roe in Court 12 – Level 5 in Melbourne at 1pm.
May 16, 2017
TSA (Vic) Property Trust as Trustee The salvation Army (Vic) Social Work is still fighting a trio of (s.394 – Application for unfair dismissal remedy) complainants (Bokori-Mayman, Ewels and Talarico).
May 16, 2017
A former nurse at an Adelaide public hospital has been convicted over the illegal filming of a partially-clothed dementia patient who was in her care. Diosa Navarro Rankine, 50, pleaded guilty in the Adelaide Magistrates Court last week to the degrading and humiliating filming of an 85-year-old woman at Flinders Medical Centre (FMC) in February 2015. The court heard Rankine used her mobile phone to film a conversation with the woman who was in a distressed state, and later showed the footage to her partner and a friend. Her partner notified the hospital of the video when the relationship soured just over a year later. During sentencing on Monday, Magistrate Jayanthi McGrath said the woman was “extremely vulnerable” and the offending was a serious breach of trust.
