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A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application from Walwa Bush Nursing Centre Inc for its Walwa Bush Nursing Centre Inc Nurses Enterprise Agreement 2018 has been agreed by Fair Work Commissioner McKinnon in Melbourne on 28 November 2018.

A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application from Harrow Bush Nursing Centre Inc for the Harrow Bush Nursing Centre Inc Nurses Enterprise Agreement 2018 has passed all tests set by Fair Work Commissioner McKinnon in Melbourne on 29 November 2018.

A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application from Southern Cross Care (Qld) Inc for the Southern Cross care (Qld) – Residential Support Staff Enterprise Agreement 2018 has been granted by Fair Work Commissioner Bissett in Melbourne on 28 November 2018.

A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application from Lockington & District Bush Nursing Centre Inc for the Lockington & District Bush Nursing Centre Inc Nurses Enterprise Agreement 2018 has been accepted by Commissioner McKinnon in Melbourne on 28 November 2018.

A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application from the St John Ambulance Australia (Tasmania) Inc for its St John Ambulance Australia Tasmania General Employees Enterprise Agreement 2017 has been approved by Fair Work Commissioner Bissett in Melbourne on 28 November 2018.

Oamaru Hospital’s new clinical director will play a key role in the hospital’s transition from a specialist to rural model, Waitaki District Services chairman Chris Swann says. The Waitaki District Council-controlled company officially announced Dr Pragati Gautama has taken on the role.

A nurse has been stabbed by a patient at Christchurch’s Hillmorton Hospital, a day before top health officials are due to meet staff over concerns about violence. The staff member was attacked during a shift at the hospital’s adult mental health inpatient unit on Sunday, a Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB) spokeswoman confirmed.

The New Zealand Medical Association’s 2018 Richard Robinson Award goes to Professor Doug Sellman and co-authors Ria Schroder, Daryle Deering, Jane Elmslie, James Foulds and Chris Frampton. The Robinson Award is given for excellence in medical writing and a clinically relevant manuscript. It is given at the discretion of the New Zealand Medical Journal’s Editor in Chief Professor Frank Frizelle and brings with it $2,000 of sponsorship.