The Health Services Union and Royal District Nursing Service Limited are ‘tooing and froing’ a s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) before Commissioner Cribb in the Fair Work Commission 11 Exhibition Street Melbourne mid morning.
February 9, 2017
Della Lehmann has been informed via a 12 page adjudication that her dismissal from Mary Mackillop Aged Care SA was neither unfair, harsh or unreasonable. Ms Lehmann “shoved” an open bag of faeces and toilet paper in the face of a resident when the resident said “I do not poo”.
February 9, 2017
West Leederville Private Hospital Pty Ltd T/A West Leederville Private Hospital has had its West Leederville Private Hospital Enterprise Agreement 2016 application approved from 15 February 2017.
February 9, 2017
A s.318 (Application for an order relating to instruments covering new employer and transferring employees) has been launched by the Health Services Union (HSU). The HSU asserts there has been a business transfer between Clinical Laboratories Pty Ltd t/as Healthscope Pathology to Specialist Diagnostics Services Pty Ltd t/as Dorevitch Pathology. Dorevitch submits that a transfer of business did not occur in accordance within section 311 of the Act. Everyone is now discovering each others documents.
February 9, 2017
A s.185 (Enterprise Agreement) application by Armest Pty Ltd T/A Miles Witt Partnership for its Wongaburra – Nurses Enterprise Agreement 2016 has been approved by Fair Work Commissioner Cirkovic.
February 9, 2017
A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application by Menarock Aged Care Services (Glen Waverley) Pty Ltd, Menarock Aged Care Services (Upper Ferntree Gully) Pty Ltd, Menarock Aged Care Services (Shepparton) Pty Ltd. T/A Glen Waverley Nursing Home, Sherbrooke Private Nursing Home and Shepparton Aged Care for its Menarock Aged Care Services Group (Glen Waverley, Upper Ferntree Gully and Shepparton Aged Care Facilities only), ANMF and HSU Enterprise Agreement 2016 has been rubber stamped by Commissioner Roe in Melbourne on the 8 February 2017.
February 9, 2017
A nurse’s decision to give an ill elderly family friend at least twice the prescribed dose of morphine was reckless and erroneous, but she should not face prosecution, a Queensland coroner has ruled. The “unwell” woman, known as ES, was 87 when her health deteriorated after her family brought her home from a Brisbane hospital in July 2014. Her family, and later the nurse, administered medication, including excessive oral morphine and misapplied fentanyl patches. Deputy State Coroner John Lock said that on the morning ES died, the nurse syringed likely greater than twice the prescribed amount of morphine into ES’s mouth – despite knowing ES had already received two doses in the previous couple of hours. An autopsy revealed potentially fatal levels of morphine and fentanyl, as well as significant pre-existing disease. “Medications were given to (the woman) by the family and by (the nurse) in a careless fashion …” Mr Lock said. “It is quite clear that mixed toxicity, intentionally and likely ignorantly given, was the predominant factor which brought about (the woman’s) death.” An inquest heard the nurse was later overheard in her workplace’s tea room referring to herself as the “Angel of Death” and reportedly talking about assisting in ES’s death. Mr Lock said it remained “somewhat unclear” why the nurse, who claims the reference was a joke, said what she did. The nurse told the inquest she didn’t intend to hasten the end of her life, and was surprised when she died. Mr Lock said he would not make any referrals to the Director of Public Prosecutions. Police found insufficient evidence to consider criminal charges.
February 9, 2017
The Health Services Union and Plenty Valley Community Health Ltd have an entrenched animus manifest in a s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) being heard by Commissioner Cribb in the Fair Work Commission 11 Exhibition Street Melbourne at 2.30pm today.
