Canberra nurses have again expressed concern for their safety inside mental health wards, after graphic photos of another alleged assault on a nurse were posted on social media. The nurses union shared the photos of injuries sustained by a nurse during an assault at Canberra Hospital’s adult mental health unit with a call for “action now”. The photos show cuts, bite marks and bruising allegedly made on a nurse at the mental health unit. The ACT Government confirmed the incident happened on Monday night. The union says there have also been ongoing issues of assaults on nurses at Canberra’s secure Dhulwa facility. In a letter to ACT Health in August, union secretary Matthew Daniel expressed several concerns over safety and cultural issues at the facility raised by nurses at an August meeting. “Nurses injured or witness to reported assaults state that post-incident follow-up and care has been inadequate,” Mr Daniel wrote. “Nurses state that they face the decision to either physically withdraw from the area, which leaves other consumers vulnerable to assault, or remain to protect consumers and other staff and risk being assaulted.”
September 27, 2018
Ramsay Health Care has appointed Dr Claudia Sussmuth Dyckerhoff as a non-executive director. She has been with management and strategy consultancy McKinsey & Company for 21 years, where she is an external senior adviser. Shareholders will vote on her appointment at the November 14 AGM.
September 26, 2018
Regis Aged Care will put up its defence to a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) before Fair Work Deputy President Beaumont in his Perth chambers (Kemokai).
September 26, 2018
An application for approval of the Calvary Mary MacKillop Care SA United Voice/ANMF South Australian Branch Aged Care Employees Enterprise Agreement 2018 (s.185 – Application for approval of a single-enterprise agreement) will be determined by Fair Work Commissioner Platt in his Adelaide chambers.
September 26, 2018
The Australian Medical Association (Victoria) Limited and Mercy Hospitals Victoria Ltd have a s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) before Fair Work Commissioner Cribb in Conference Room E – Level 6 and Conference Room F – Level 6 in Melbourne at 3pm.
September 25, 2018
Mainstay Medical International plc, a medical device company focused on commercializing ReActiv8®, an implantable restorative neurostimulation system designed to treat an underlying cause of disabling Chronic Low Back Pain, today announces that Dr Manus Rogan has decided to step down as a Non-Executive Director of the Company with immediate effect.
September 25, 2018
There has been a changing of the guard at Settlers Retirement Village with a handover of managers at the well-known Gladstone community establishment.
September 25, 2018
ACH Group will face a s.372 (Application to deal with other contravention disputes) at 3pm today before Fair Work Commissioner Platt in his Adelaide chambers(Kutchen).
