Catholic Healthcare Limited is in the second day of its defence to a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) before Fair Work Commissioner Saunders in the Coffs harbour Court House 2 Beryl Street Coffs Harbour (Gallagher/ Clarke/ Hickson/ Hutchinson).
November 28, 2018
Centrecare Inc is defending a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) before Fair Work Commissioner Williams in Conference Room 12.35 in Perth (Cloy).
November 28, 2018
Staff leave has been cut at the St Francis aged care facility says the union.
November 28, 2018
A resident at a Canberra aged care home was allegedly given the wrong medication in the weeks before she died, a coroner’s court heard Monday. The woman’s condition had deteriorated and she was taken from Goodwin Village in Ainslie to Calvary Hospital, where she died on February 20, 2016. She was 89-years-old. Her death will be examined at an inquest in the ACT Coroner’s Court next year. Counsel assisting the coroner Sarah Baker-Goldsmith told the court on Monday that a doctor at the hospital had referred the woman’s death to the coroner two days after she died. It is alleged that while the woman was at the aged care home on February 9 she received Lyrica and Targin – medications she was not prescribed. Her condition worsened and she was taken to hospital where she later died. The cause of death was recorded as aspiration pneumonia. Chief Coroner Lorraine Walker set down the hearing for April 29, 30 and May 1 next year.
November 28, 2018
The Ministry of Health has announced the appointment of Martin Chadwick to the new role of Chief Allied Health Professions Officer.
November 28, 2018
A judge continued to refer to Rakesh Kumar Chawdhry as “Dr Chawdhry” at his latest sentencing because even after 13 indecency convictions he has still not been struck off. Christchurch District Court Judge Jane Farish said no disciplinary action had yet been taken against the 63-year-old. He had not been been formally struck off as a registered medical practitioner, though his registration appears to be no longer current. “You are still entitled to be called by that qualification,” she said as she sentenced him on two further indecent assault charges, which he admitted in August. Judge Farish added two months to the sentence Chawdhry received at his sentencing in February after he was convicted of indecent assaults and one sexual violation relating to 10 male complainants. He was convicted of 11 charges and jailed for more than four years. The publicity about the trial and the sentencing prompted two further men to come forward and make complaints. These involved men aged 26 and 28 who were seen by Chawdhry at the Amberley Medical Centre in 2011 and the Riccarton Clinic in 2013. The offending involved Chawdhry touching them in a sexualised way during sexually transmitted infection checks.
November 27, 2018
A s.394 (Unfair dismissal) claim lodged by Opinderpal Singh and citing Arcare Pty Ltd has been dismissed by Fair Work Commissioner Harper-Greenwell in Melbourne on 26 November 26 2018. Mr Singh commenced employment on 4 December 2017. He was a Personal Support Worker. He says that he was dismissed on 4 July 2018 and the dismissal took effect on that day. His application was lodged 37 days out of time.
November 27, 2018
Cedar Place Aged Care Facility Limited is facing a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) before Commissioner Saunders in the Courtroom 2 Coffs Harbour Court House 2 Beryl Street Coffs harbour at 2pm (Hall).
