NEWS-HR

A psychiatric nurse has been charged with raping two patients at a Bundoora hospital. The man will appear in court again on July 28 next year, ahead of a trial in September.

The very litigious Health Services Union is taking on Melbourne Health in a s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) before Commissioner Cribb in the Fair Work Commission 11 Exhibition Street Melbourne just before the close of play for the day (4.15pm).

The Health Services Union and Northern Health are rumbling a s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) in Victoria.

The Fair Work Commission has approved the Georgina Martina Inc. application for its Georgina Martina Inc. Social and Community Services Employees Enterprise Agreement 2016 – 2020.

Calvary Health Care ACT Ltd is to face a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) before Deputy President Kovacic in the Fair Work Commission CML Building 17-21 University Avenue Canberra at 10am (Powell).

An alleged sexual assault that occurred when mental health patients were placed in confinement together has exposed a litany of issues with Barwon Health’s practice. The organisation will be put under the microscope by Chief Psychiatrist Neil Coventry after his audit found multiple improvements were needed to its acute adult impatient mental health service. Victorian Mental Health Minister Martin Foley said the audit uncovered “serious deficiencies” that needed to be quickly addressed.

A crucial safety system that should have been used to report the under-dosing of chemotherapy drugs at two Adelaide hospital is rarely used by medical staff, SA Health has found. The review into the Central Adelaide Local Health Network was commissioned to help improve patient care, learn from adverse incidents and reassure the community about safety. It found the Safety Learning System, which is used to log mistakes and near misses, has rarely been used but recent adverse events meant a “small number of specialties” were using it more.

Emergency crews are searching for a person unaccounted for after a fire took hold at a mental health facility in Hobart today. The fire at the Peacock Centre, in North Hobart, was brought under control just after midday.