An application for approval of the St Vincent’s Health Australia (Queensland Private Hospitals) Allied Health Employees Enterprise Agreement 2015 (s.185 – Application for approval of a single-enterprise agreement) will be adjudicated by Commissioner Johns in his Sydney chambers at 2.30pm.
March 1, 2017
A prominent rural doctor has been fined $25,000 for helping his ex-girlfriend get a prescription for anti-anxiety medication after she became distressed when he broke off their relationship. The SA Health Practitioners Tribunal has found general practitioner Scott Lewis, 37, engaged in “serious misconduct” on seven occasions.
March 1, 2017
A Port Stephens retirement living and aged care provider is weighing up options to safeguard electricity supply. The NSW Department of Health recently updated its disaster planning policy that encourages facilities like Harbourside Haven to implement a “shelter in place” strategy that has prompted the review.
March 1, 2017
Three health staff have been suspended amidst an independent review into the treatment of an aged care patient at a mental health facility run by the South Australian Government.
February 28, 2017
A s.158(1) RO Act (Application for alteration of eligibility rules) by the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation has been waved through by Deputy President Lawrence despite objections from the Australian Services Union Community and Public Sector Union, Health Services Union and the Australian Salaried Medical Officers Federation.
February 28, 2017
The Intermedia Group Pty Ltd is facing a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) from its Star Aged Care advertising saleswoman (Rowsthorne) at 3pm.
February 28, 2017
A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application by Healthe Care (NSW Private Hospitals) for its Healthe Care (NSW Private Hospitals) Health Professionals and Support Services Enterprise Agreement 2016 has been approved.
February 28, 2017
Health Services Union and Healthscope Ltd are in an argy-bargy over a s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) also before Commissioner Cirkovic in Hobart.
