A sleazy male nurse who hit on former patients and went as far as stalking one after their relationship ended, has been stripped of his right to practise. Glenn Scott was deregistered last month by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia after it was found he repeatedly attempted to establish personal or romantic relationships with women he met while on the job. The board heard the women were vulnerable and many were receiving treatment for addiction when he met them. It was also noted Mr Scott was previously the subject of disciplinary proceedings related to patient care and professional boundary violations, but he continued to offend anyway. In the case before the board last month, six women from two different clinics were subjected to his advances between 2012 and 2015. One woman was a patient under Mr Scott’s care at a clinic in Melbourne’s inner east, and the board was told his common method of approach included contacting them via social media, text or email. He also visited Narcotics Anonymous and Alcoholics Anonymous meetings some of the women attended. In 2016 he was found guilty by the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court for stalking one former patient he’d had a two-year sexual relationship with between 2012 and 2014. He was fined $1500 without conviction for the offence. In handing down their decision last month, the board said other offending by Mr Scott stretched as far back as 2009, where he had sex with a former patient and supplied her with medication he was not authorised to give her.
October 29, 2018
The Health Services Union and Anglicare Tasmania Inc have a s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) listed for hearing by Fair Work Deputy President Barclay in Hearing Room 8 (First Floor) in Hobart this morning.
October 26, 2018
Tweed Health for Everyone Pty Ltd is still battling a s.365 (Application to deal with contraventions involving dismissal) before Fair Work Commissioner Booth in Conference Room A and Conference Room B in Brisbane (Cox).
October 26, 2018
A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application from Melbourne Dental Clinic Ltd T/A Melbourne Dental Clinic for its Melbourne Dental Clinic Enterprise Agreement 2018-2019 has been granted by Deputy President Masson in Melbourne on 24 October 2018.
October 26, 2018
A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application from Epworth Foundation T/A Epworth HealthCare Health Professional Enterprise Agreement 2018 has been agreed by Fair Work Commissioner Lee sitting in Melbourne on 25 October 2018.
October 26, 2018
A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application from HBF Health Ltd T/A HBF for its HBF Enterprise Agreement 2018-2021 has been approved by Fair Work Commissioner Harper-Greenwell in Melbourne on 25 October 2018.
October 26, 2018
A hospital receptionist says she raced to a surgeon’s side in the moments after he was allegedly punched to find him unconscious and choking, a jury has heard. Patrick Pritzwald-Stegmann, 41, suffered head injuries last May when he fell at Box Hill Hospital after allegedly being struck to the head by 24-year-old Joseph Esmaili. The surgeon’s life support was turned off weeks later. Esmaili is on trial in the Supreme Court, having pleaded not guilty to manslaughter. Megan Brodersen called security over a radio from her reception desk to come quickly to break up an argument between the two men whens he heard a bang, she told the court on Thursday. She looked up and, through reflection in a window, saw Mr Pritzwald-Stegmann, a surgeon at the hospital, on the ground. Ms Brodersen recalled rushing to his side, seeing him unconscious, choking and not breathing. She called for help and moved him into the recovery position. “He was very stiff, kind of convulsing. I put him in the recovery position and that’s when the blood came out of his nose and mouth” she said. “It felt like forever but [help] came very quickly.” In the lead up, Ms Brodersen said she heard Mr Pritzwald-Stegmann tell Mr Esmaili “you can’t talk to me like that” and repeatedly asking, “did you just spit on me?” Administration worker Lucy Jackson said she saw the punch reflected through a window, but under cross-examination by Mr Esmaili’s barrister John Desmond, admitted she didn’t see Mr Esmaili’s fist connect. It’s alleged the argument began after Mr Pritzwald-Stegmann asked a group outside the hospital to stop smoking in a non-smoking area. Leigh Clayton, one of the smokers, told the court earlier on Thursday the doctor seemed angry and frustrated they failed to move on a s he had asked and he “stormed back inside” to get security. “He was pissed,” she said. The trial continues.
October 25, 2018
Tweed Health for Everyone Pty Ltd has a s.365 (Application to deal with contraventions involving dismissal) to resolve before Fair Work Commissioner Booth in his Brisbane chambers (Cox).
