A country Victorian GP has been banned from providing end-of-life care following investigations into the death of at least one patient. Nagambie doctor Alan Kosky has had the ban placed on him by a medical board convened by federal regulator the Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency. The action comes amid an on-going investigation into Dr Kosky’s practices in response to complaints lodged with the agency.
January 27, 2016
Eastern Health has been served with a s.365 (application to deal with contraventions involving dismissal) by a staff member (Kanyua).
January 27, 2016
Monash Health is in a s.729 dispute contretemps with a staffer (Richardson).
January 27, 2016
The ANF has launched a s.158(1) RO Act application in Fair Work Brisbane.
January 27, 2016
Presbyterian Aged Care is in dispute with a staff member (Wu) and Fair Work has been called upon to adjudicate (s.372).
January 21, 2016
More than 40 per cent of nursing graduates who applied for jobs in WA public hospitals this year have missed out. WA Health Department figures show 53 fewer nursing graduate positions in hospitals compared with last year. Last year, 1040 graduate nurses applied for 618 placements starting this year — 59 per cent finding jobs. In the previous year, 1067 graduates applied, with 671 of them finding positions.
January 21, 2016
Queensland’s corruption watchdog has launched an investigation into recruitment processes at the state’s health body. Queensland Health had notified the Crime and Corruption Commission about allegations of corrupt conduct relating to recruitment processes in December 2015.
January 21, 2016
Unions and the Tasmanian Government are at loggerheads over the best way to curb a growing number of assaults against health workers. The Health and Community Services Union wants more action to prevent workers becoming “punching bags”. Three staff were assaulted in a serious incident at the Royal Hobart Hospital last week.
