NEWS-HR

An application for approval of the Royal Rehab Nurses Agreement 2016 (s.185 – Application for approval of a single-enterprise agreement) is being reviewed by Commissioner Cribb in Melbourne.

A “substantial overdose” of medication by staff contributed to the death of an 88-year-old patient at North Shore Private Hospital in Sydney, an inquest has found. “Quite simply, the nurses gave the wrong dose,” the Deputy State Coroner Magistrate Harriet Grahame concluded. Audrey MacGregor was being treated for pneumonia in October 2013 when she was mistakenly given ten times the prescribed dose of the opioid painkiller hydromorphone.

The ACT Government as represented by the Health Directorate is arguing a s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) initiated by staffer Scanlan.

An application by CPSU (Community Public Sector Union) (s.229 – Application for a bargaining order) will be heard by Deputy President Kovacic in Canberra.

An application for approval of the Joondalup Health Campus Ramsay Health Care WA Hospital Engineering Enterprise Agreement 2016 (s.185 – Application for approval of a single-enterprise agreement) is before Commissioner Roe in his Melbourne Chambers.

The Fair Work Commission has ratified the Health Care (Victorian Hospitals) Nurses Enterprise Agreement 2016.

An application for approval of the Serco – United Voice Fiona Stanley Hospital Agreement 2016 (s.185 – Application for approval of a single-enterprise agreement) will be adjudicated by Commissioner Roe in his Chambers in Melbourne.

Homelessness NSW is fighting a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) before Commissioner McKenna in Hearing Room 12-2 – Level 12 in Sydney (Burrows).