Calvary Health Care Tasmania Limited is into the second day of its defence in the Beamish firing case.
March 1, 2016
SA Health staff have been warned they will face dismissal if caught inappropriately accessing medical records, the organisation’s chief executive David Swan says.
March 1, 2016
A fourth resident has died at a far north Queensland health facility but managers say it is not linked to a deadly flu outbreak. The spate of illness, including the deaths of three residents in the past fortnight, has forced the Mercy Place nursing home in suburban Cairns into lockdown.
March 1, 2016
A “disproportionately high” number of complaints have been made against South Australian nurses, and half of the nation’s mandatory notifications about nurses’ behaviour were made against those registered in SA. Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency figures show thatwhile there were 30,797 nurses and midwives registered in SA, “the 187 notifications received about nurses — 18 per cent of the national total — are disproportionate to the number of nurses with a principal place of practice of SA”.
February 29, 2016
The media has been accused of undermining the morale of hospital staff through a series of reports on crises that have hit Gold Coast Health. In a confidential internal email, Mental Health and Specialist Services general manager Karlyn Chettleburgh has reached out to staff on the eve of chief executive Ron Calvert making a personal visit, assuring them their work was valued.
February 29, 2016
An application for approval of the WA Primary Health Alliance Enterprise Agreement 2015 will be adjudicated by Fair Work Commissioner Roe.
February 29, 2016
Calvary Health Care Tasmania Limited is trying to convince Fair Work Commissioner Gregory that the s.394 (application for unfair dismissal remedy) lodged by an ex-staffer (Blamish) has no merit.
February 29, 2016
An application for approval of the Medibank Health Solutions Enterprise Agreement 2015 (s.185 – application for approval of a single-enterprise agreement) will be heard by Fair Work Commissioner Lee.
