Dr Lance Lawler, the former chief executive and one of the founding partners of Pacific Radiology Group, has been appointed the chair of the Research for Life board. Lance joined Research For Life’s board in July last year and succeeds Professor John Nacey who has led the board since 2000. Prof. Nacey will continue to serve as a board member.
November 30, 2018
A Port Hedland man has been charged after an incident on Saturday night, where an ambulance paramedic was assaulted. Port Hedland Police charged the man, 57, after a St John Ambulance paramedic received injuries from an altercation after they were called to a Port Hedland hotel. The ambulance arrived at 6.30pm and first aid was provided to the man. Police said the man, who was showing signs of intoxication, was placed in the ambulance and was being transported to the South Hedland Health Campus when it will be alleged he became verbally abusive and physically stopped the paramedic, who was in the rear of the ambulance with him, from being able to move freely. The ambulance was stopped and a request for urgent assistance was made.
November 30, 2018
A NSW doctor has been found guilty of professional misconduct including facilitating the sale to his daughter of a car owned by his elderly hospital patient. Dr David George Sare was found guilty of professional misconduct by the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal which placed conditions on his registration. One complaint involved him providing a “gate pass” for the elderly patient to leave Ballina District Hospital before Sare drove him to his home so the doctor’s daughter could test drive his car which was for sale. Other conduct included failing to keep proper medical records and providing inadequate clinical care to two patients. The disciplinary proceedings were brought by the Health Care Complaints Commission which had called for Sare’s registration to be cancelled for two years. The tribunal instead decided conditions should be placed on his registration, including that he does not practise in a public or private hospital for a period of two years unless the Medical Council of NSW determines otherwise. The car complaint involved 81-year-old “Patient B”. “It is not in dispute that the practitioner arranged for his daughter to come to the hospital, that he drove Patient B and his daughter to Patient B’s home, and that he sat in the car when his daughter undertook a test drive with Patient B to ensure her safety,” the four-person tribunal said. “Although the practitioner referred to consulting the patient’s carer, the evidence revealed the ‘carer’ was a next-door neighbour.” They found there was a power imbalance between the “vulnerable aged patient” and his doctor. “The practitioner, in pursuing the sale of the car for his daughter, regardless of the purchase price, was in a potential conflict of interest.”
November 30, 2018
A Christchurch nurse has serious burns after a mental health patient threw boiling water at her. Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB) mental health services general manager Toni Gutschlag said the incident happened in Hillmorton Hospital’s acute inpatient unit on Monday. The unit is a facility for adults with mental illness who require 24-hour nursing care. Gutschlag said the nurse was “doing well” and was in a comfortable condition. The CDHB and the New Zealand Nurses Organisation are working on a project to reduce the risk of violence against nurses. “The project aims to address assaults and threats, and is looking at ways to … prevent, de-escalate and manage aggressive behaviour,” Gutschlag said. “No level of violence towards staff, patients, or anyone else is acceptable.”
November 30, 2018
A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application by Epworth Foundation T/A Epworth Healthcare for its Epworth Healthcare Health and Allied Services Enterprise Agreement 2018 has been granted by Fair Work Commissioner Bissett in Melbourne on 28 November 2018.
November 30, 2018
An application by Endeavour Sunnyfield Pty Limited (s.318 – Application for an order relating to instruments covering new employer and transferring employees) will be determined by Fair Work Commissioner Johns in Court 2 – Level 6 in Melbourne today.
November 30, 2018
A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application from Southern Cross Care (Qld) Inc for its Southern Cross Care (Qld) and QNMU – Nurses Enterprise Agreement 2018 has been approved by Fair Work Commissioner Bissett in Melbourne on 28 November 2018.
November 30, 2018
Eldercare Inc is facing a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) in front of Fair Work Commissioner Hampton in his Adelaide chambers (Kennedy).
