A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application by the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency T/A AHPRA for its Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency Enterprise Agreement 2016-2019 has been approved by Commissioner Roe in Melbourne on 9 March 2017.
March 10, 2017
An independent review into understaffing at Mount Gambier Hospital has made 22 recommendations to improve emergency department safety, after reports patients’ lives were being compromised.
March 10, 2017
A critical cable that provides internet, including routine radiology and pathology services, to the Flinders Medical Centre has been restored after almost eight hours offline.
March 10, 2017
Kirwan My Family Doctors director Dr Praveen Kumar has been granted bail in Townsville Magistrates Court. Defence barrister Justin Greggery this morning said the alleged crimes occurred on Sunday when two women attended Kumar’s Black River Home about 3pm. There was “confrontation” and “turmoil” and the alleged assaults related to minor bruises and scratches to one of the women.
March 10, 2017
An attack on a Tasmanian paramedic this week has been condemned by the head of Ambulance Tasmania. Chief executive Neil Kirby said the paramedic was struck in the face by a patient who had called for an ambulance.
March 10, 2017
The national president of the RSL, Rod White, has resigned from his role, almost six months after it was revealed he shared in millions of dollars in consultancy fees. Mr White was one of eight current and former NSW state councillors who received payments from the RSL’s aged care wing, Lifecare, while also serving as directors on that charity’s board. The NSW branch of the RSL is under investigation over its handling of this, and other allegations of financial misconduct.
March 10, 2017
Two senior managers have been found to have engaged in corrupt conduct during the construction of a new Victorian hospital. The finding was made in an Independent Broad-Based Anti-Corruption report tabled in state parliament on Thursday. Bendigo Health’s Chief Executive Officer John Mulder, who temporarily stood down in February, made employers work at his wife’s properties without payment and personally pocketed about $10,000 in goods and services, the report said. As well, former construction manager Adam Hardinge had $21,000 paid into his personal trust, used hospital materials to renovate his property, sold a $70,000 electrical transformer and authorised more than two dozen demolitions and minor building works without permits.
March 10, 2017
A man who allegedly faked his credentials to masquerade as a doctor in the New South Wales health system later worked for one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies, AstraZeneca. Shyam Acharya allegedly stole the identity of another doctor in India, Sarang Chitale, and fraudulently gained registration with the Medical Board of NSW in 2003.
