The Royal Hobart Hospital (RHH) says it has revised its escalation protocols amid complaints from staff that attempts to ease worsening bed shortages through the use of emergency codes are being ignored by management. But the nurses union says it is yet to see the details of the new measures. On Monday, the hospital’s emergency department (ED) was at triple its capacity – with 75 patients waiting. Requests by RHH staff to use emergency codes were again rejected by senior management, the Labor Opposition revealed in State Parliament on Wednesday. ED staff attempted to call a “code yellow” emergency code on three occasions because it could not manage patient flow, but were denied. Code yellow denotes an “internal emergency”.
June 1, 2017
A worker has been sacked after the TGA issued a nation-wide recall of Roche Products’ diazepam, because the relaxant had been swapped out for different drugs at a Sydney distribution centre.
June 1, 2017
A medical worker is fighting for life after being bashed outside a Melbourne hospital during an argument. The man in his 40s was walking into the Box Hill Hospital on Tuesday night when an argument broke out between him and another man, who bashed him before fleeing, Victoria Police say. He was a staff member at the hospital and at his family’s request no further information will be provided, an Eastern Health spokeswoman said.
June 1, 2017
A woman has suffered second and third degree burns in a fire which broke out in nursing home in Tamworth on Tuesday night. Emergency services were called to Nazareth House off Manilla Rd at Oxley Vale to reports of a blaze about 8.30pm. Firefighters extinguished the blaze in one of the bedrooms. A 55-year-old resident suffered second and third degree burns to 15 per cent of her body including her face and arms, police confirmed. She was assessed by paramedics and taken to Tamworth hospital.
June 1, 2017
Metlifecare has named Richard Thomson, Air New Zealand’s general manager commercial, as chief financial officer starting in mid-September.
May 31, 2017
Jewish Care Victoria Inc will fight a s.372 (Application to deal with other contravention disputes) initiated by a staff member (Hantke).
May 31, 2017
Doutta Galla Aged Services Limited is defending a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) lodged by an ex-staff member (Hussein).
May 31, 2017
Uniting Agewell Victoria is facing a s.365 – Application to deal with contraventions involving dismissal (Wakelam).
