Goulburn Valley Health has a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) to answer in front of Fair Work Commissioner Cirkovic in the Fair Work Commission 11 Exhibition Street Melbourne (Ahmad).
December 5, 2018
A nurse who murdered two aged care residents with insulin after they made complaints about her has had her appeal on 20 grounds dismissed Former nurse Megan Jean Haines was tried in late 2016 before Justice Peter Garling and a jury in the Supreme Court at Sydney on two counts of murder. The court found that Ms Haines, while employed as a registered nurse at the St Andrews Aged Care facility in Ballina, murdered residents Isabella Spencer, 77, and Marie Darragh, 82, after they made complaints about her. Ms Haines had been told that Ms Darragh had complained about her refusing to give her a cream to soothe an itch and also that she had made a rude comment, while Ms Spencer said Ms Haines had refused to assist her in reaching the toilet. At the time of the complaints, Ms Haines was subject to reporting conditions with AHPRA after having had her registration previously cancelled a few years’ back due to allegations of unprofessional conduct. The prosecution asserted that Ms Haines thought it would be likely that further complaints, if substantiated, would end her nursing career. Ms Haines was found to have murdered Ms Spencer and Ms Darragh by injecting each of them with insulin. Neither Ms Spencer nor Ms Darragh were insulin dependent. An insulin ampoule, usually kept in the medication room of the facility, was found to have been missing in the facility on the day of their deaths. As a result of the insulin injection, both Ms Spencer and Ms Darragh fell into a hypoglycaemic coma and died. Both murder counts were alleged to have been committed on 10 May 2014 at Ballina, NSW. The jury returned a verdict of guilty on each count.
December 5, 2018
A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application from Dingee Bush Nursing Centre Inc Nurses Enterprise Agreement 2018 has been approved by Fair Work Commissioner McKinnon in Melbourne on 4 December 2018.
December 5, 2018
Cincotta Discount Chemist Armidale has a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) issue on its hands in front of Fair Work Commissioner Johns in his Melbourne chambers (Jackson).
December 5, 2018
A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application from The Bethanie Group Inc T/A Bethanie for its Bethanie Group Inc and Health Services Union (HSU) Enterprise Agreement 2018 has been approved by Fair Work Deputy President Masson in Melbourne on 4 December 2018.
December 5, 2018
Trustees for the Roman Catholic Church, Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn are defending a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) lodged for hearing by Deputy President Dean in Hearing Room 14-2 – Level 14 in Sydney (Crowley).
December 5, 2018
National Patient Transport NSW Pty Ltd is facing a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) before Fair Work Commissioner McKenna in Hearing Room 12-2-Level 12 in Sydney at 3pm (Gardner).
December 5, 2018
An award-winning doctor who started dating a patient he had treated for an attempted suicide has been suspended for six months. The Health Practitioners Tribunal found that the doctor had committed professional misconduct by responding to the woman’s social media message and beginning a sexual relationship shortly afterwards. The doctor was working at the Flinders Medical Centre emergency department in May 2016 when the patient was brought in after an attempted overdose. She was treated by the doctor and classified as a moderate suicide risk before being admitted to the Mental Health Short Stay Unit as an inpatient. On May 11, the patient sent the doctor a message over social media and the next day transferred to Noarlunga Hospital. The doctor replied to the message and the pair begun sending naked and sexual images to each other. On May 16, the pair met at a hotel room and begun a sexual relationship which would last until October 2016. After that time they continued seeing each other for several months as friends. The doctor was accused of “exploiting patient vulnerabilities” after treating her on one occasion.
