Blue Care is facing a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) before Fair Work Deputy President Dean in his Sydney chambers (Healy).
October 9, 2018
A nurse who stole a credit card from an elderly patient and used it to withdraw thousands of dollars has been fined but will be able to work again as a nurse in only two years. The Health Practitioners Tribunal found that Rochelle Mary Bain engaged in professional misconduct when she befriended the elderly patient and eventually stole $2000 from her. Bain met the patient when she was working as an enrolled nurse at an aged care facility in Pennington. From early 2016, Bain developed a relationship with the patient that the tribunal said exceeded the normal interactions between nurse and patient. Bain would run errands for the patient using the elderly woman’s bank card. This included buying birthday cards and presents for the patient’s family. On May 1, 2017, Bain took the patient’s bank card from her bag at the aged-care facility and used it to withdraw $1000 in cash from an ATM. The next day, Bain withdrew another $1000 and then returned the card to the patient’s bag. The elderly victim said she did not know when Bain had taken and returned the card and only became aware of the withdrawal when she received her bank statement. Bain resigned from her position and indicated to the tribunal that she would not be working as a nurse again. The tribunal fined Bain $2873.50 and suspended her from practising for two years.
October 9, 2018
Police were called to Jean Sandel Retirement Village about 8.30am this morning. An 86-year-old woman was taken to hospital after being hit by a car in New Plymouth. Police were notified of the collision, at Jean Sandel Retirement Village on Barrett Rd where the woman is a resident, at 8.30am on Tuesday. Ambulance and fire services also attended the scene. A Taranaki District Health Board spokeswoman said the woman was in a stable condition.
October 8, 2018
Police have charged a man with murdering a social worker who died after stumbling into a cafe in Perth’s southern suburbs with serious neck injuries. It is alleged the 50-year-old woman, who was reportedly working in the hours leading up to the attack, was stabbed in the neck at a Rockingham unit on Saturday night. She then sought help at a nearby Dome Cafe on Kent Street. Cafe staff helped administer first-aid to the woman before she was taken to Fiona Stanley Hospital, where she later died. Police said Homicide Squad detectives today charged a 37-year-old man from Rockingham with one count of murder. The man was arrested on Saturday night and is set to face Rockingham Magistrates Court later today.
October 8, 2018
A specialist GP who lost his licence to practice explained that he never received training about regulations concerning the prescribing of S8 and S4 drugs The Health Care Complaints Commission (HCCC) has won a case against a GP from Taree, New South Wales, after alleging professional misconduct relating to 19 patients. It was alleged that the medical practitioner, who gained his Fellowship from the RACGP in 2013, had prescribed drugs of addiction to 19 drug dependent patients in circumstances where he held no authority to do so. The S8 and S4D drugs that formed part of the allegation included fentanyl, alprazolam, temazepam, diazepam, buprenorphine, codeine phosphate, codeine phosphate linctus, oxycodone, morphine, hydromorphone, pethidine and anabolic steroids.
October 8, 2018
The Health Services Union and St Vincent’s Hospital (Melbourne) Limited have a s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) on foot in front of Commissioner Cribb in Conference Room E – Level 6 and Conference Room F – Level 6 in Melbourne at 3.30pm.
October 8, 2018
Scalabrini Village Limited will front up to argue its side of a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) before Deputy President Bull in hearing room 11- 1 – Level 11 in Sydney at 10am (Ammerllino).
October 8, 2018
The Health Services Union and St Vincent’s Hospital (Melbourne) Limited will duke out a s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) at 2pm with Fair Work Commissioner Cribb in Conference Room E – Level 6 and Conference Room F – Level 6 in Melbourne.
