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.
December 7, 2016
Remote nurses attending after-hours call-outs will soon be accompanied by a trusted local community member to increase their safety following attacks on health workers, the Northern Territory Health Department said. The Government is implementing all 14 recommendations from a review of remote area nurse safety, which was released today.
December 7, 2016
The head of Monash University’s Malaysia campus, Helen Bartlett, is set to take the reins of Federation University after an extended search to find a replacement for retiring head David Battersby. Professor Barlett, who has been chief executive and pro vice-chancellor of Monash University Malaysia since 2013, has held senior leadership roles in health and social sciences at universities in Britain, Hong Kong and Australia.
December 7, 2016
The distraught daughter of an elderly woman murdered in her bed has told a judge of her guilt at having moved her mum into an aged-care facility which she thought would be safe. “I lost my chance and my duty to take care of her for the rest of my mum’s life, the way she took care of me,” said Janet Parkinson on Wednesday in her statement read at the sentence hearing of nurse Megan Haines in the NSW Supreme Court. The 49-year-old was found guilty of murdering Ms Parkinson’s mother, Marie Darragh, 82, and Isabella Spencer, 77, by administering insulin to them in the middle of the night in May 2014 at Ballina’s St Andrews Village on the NSW north coast.
December 7, 2016
Bendigo Health Care Group is in the second day of its defence to a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) lodged by ex-staffer Renton with Commissioner Bissett in the Magistrates Court 71 Pall Mall Bendigo.
December 7, 2016
New initiatives to combat workplace bullying within the Townsville Hospital and Health Service have been welcomed by employees and their union, with hopes the measures will lead to concerns being adequately addressed. The THHS board has approved new measures, including engaging independent assessors for complex cases. Staff would also be trained to know which avenues for complaint management they could access and managers would receive training to improve conflict resolution.
December 7, 2016
The Salvation Army is being called to account for its behaviour via a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) by a staff member (Martin).
December 7, 2016
South West Healthcare is facing up to a s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) instigated by a staff member (Kellett).
