A Taranaki nurse who spent 10 years in a US prison for aggravated robbery – then lied about it to the New Zealand Nursing Council – has had his practising licence cancelled. New Plymouth nurse James Middlebrook concealed his past criminal history – which also included holding up a pharmacy for narcotics – when he applied for nursing registration in New Zealand in 2013. He was allowed to practise for 10 months before the council discovered his criminal file and suspended him.
August 1, 2016
The Fair Work Commission has given its imprimatur to the St Vincent’s Health Australia (NSW Private Hospitals) Support Services Enterprise Agreement 2016.
August 1, 2016
Health bosses have assured frontline services will not be affected with the potential loss of nearly 250 temporary jobs from the Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service. However unions still fear clinical positions are at risk of being axed, and say if that is the case, cost savings need to be found elsewhere. The health service was this week revealed at a budget estimates hearing to be $20 million in the red. A total 247 full-time equivalent (FTE) positions are to be targeted over the next year, however the service’s interim chief executive Clare Douglas told the hearing these would be mainly temporary contract services.
August 1, 2016
The Fair Work Commission has approved the Silver Chain Group Limited Enrolled Nurses’ Enterprise Agreement 2016.
August 1, 2016
Specialist Diagnostic Services Pty Ltd is defending a s.384 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) challenge laid down by an ex-staffer wanting (Moore).
August 1, 2016
The Fair Work Commission has approved the Alzheimer’s Australia WA Ltd “Staff” Enterprise Agreement 2016.
August 1, 2016
South Eastern Sydney Local Health District is defending a s.365 (Application to deal with contraventions involving dismissal) filed by Naicker and due to be heard by Commissioner Riordan in his Sydney chambers at 11am.
August 1, 2016
The New South Wales Nurses and Midwives’ Association is battling a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) lodged by Papalexion.
