Nurses have been punched in the face and kicked in the head during multiple assaults by a patient at Canberra’s secure mental health unit, the ACT nursing union has alleged. In one attack at the Dhulwa facility, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Association claimed help did not come for more than a minute. The union’s ACT branch secretary Matthew Daniel said he met members on Tuesday over reports of 10 assaults over recent weeks, after which some nurses sought medical treatment at the emergency department. “I’m aware that a number of those nurses are off work for a substantial period of time because of their injuries,” he said. “It was heart-wrenching to see the look in their faces when they talk about the anguish of going back into that workplace. “These people have mortgages, they have school fees to pay, all these sorts of things — it’s not like they can walk away.” The union posted the claims on social media yesterday, saying nurses had raised the inadequacy of violence management training with ACT Mental Health.
August 2, 2018
A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application from the Victorian Hospitals Industrial Association for the AMA Victoria – Victorian Public Health Sector – Medical Specialists Enterprise Agreement 2018-2021 has been ratified by Fair Work Commissioner Gregory in Melbourne on 31 July 2018.
August 1, 2018
All three levels of a Brisbane nursing home have been quarantined after a serious gastroenteritis outbreak. Casa Dámore, next to The Village retirement complex at Park St, Coorparoo has been in lockdown for five days after the first signs of the illness appeared on Saturday. The 100 residents in the complex have been confined to their rooms and visitors have been restricted as the centre struggles to deal with the outbreak. In an email to families owners Vacenti said as soon as staff became aware of the outbreak, the centre initiated an outbreak management plan in line with Queensland Health guidelines.
August 1, 2018
A s.604 (Appeal of decision) by Inna Grabovsky against United Protestant Association of NSW Ltd T/A UPA has been refused by the Fair Work full bench (Justice Ross in Sydney on 31 July. Deputy President Asbury. Commissioner Hampton).
August 1, 2018
A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application from Anyinginyi Health Aboriginal Corporation for its Anyinginyi Health Aboriginal Corporation Enterprise Agreement 2017-2020 has been granted by Fair Work Commissioner Gregory in Melbourne on 30 July 2018.
August 1, 2018
A s.604 (Appeal of decisions) by Tenterfield Care Centre Limited against an earlier decision in favour of Mrs Madeline Wait has been refused by the Full Bench of the Fair Work Commission. (Justice Ross, President sitting in Sydney on 31 July 2018, Deputy President Kovacic, Commissioner Hampton) The case summary reads: Permission to appeal against a decision [[2018] FWC 2472] of Commissioner Cambridge at Sydney on 10 May 2018 – reinstatement – public interest not enlivened – not contended that the decision involved a significant error of fact – permission to appeal refused.
August 1, 2018
A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application by the Victorian Hospitals Industrial Association for the AMA Victoria – Victorian Public Health Sector – Doctors in Training Enterprise Agreement 2018-2021 has been approved by Fair Work Commissioner Gregory in Melbourne on 32 July 2018.
August 1, 2018
A Shepparton man appeared before Magistrates’ Court yesterday charged with burglary at a property on Wyndham St. The man had been remanded in police custody since his arrest the previous evening. Further charges were filed, including trespass at the Goulburn Valley Hospice Care on the day of the arrest and the theft of a pair of Logitech headphones from Goulburn Valley Hospice Care valued at $30. Another charge of committing an indictable offence while on bail was also heard. Magistrate John Murphy remanded the man in custody and to reappear in court.
