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An application for approval of the Named NSW (Non-Declared) Affiliated Health Organisations’ Nurses Agreement 2017 (s.185 – Application for approval of a multi-enterprise agreement) will be determined by Deputy President Sams in Hearing Room 14-2 – Level 14 in Sydney at 2pm.

Residents of a nursing home southwest of Sydney have been evacuated after a fire broke out in the roof of the laundry. NSW Ambulance attended after reports of a fire at the nursing home on Thirlmere Way, Thirlmere.

Unison Housing Ltd will defend a s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) before Fair Work Commissioner Harper-Greenwell in Court 11 and Conference Room A – Level 5 in Melbourne (Lange).

A teenage girl died after a radiologist failed to spot a lesion in an MRI scan, a Health and Disability Commission report released today shows. The case has prompted Commissioner Anthony Hill to order an independent review of the radiology service, including rostering and staffing levels, because of poor work conditions, which contributed to the error. Hill found the radiologist breached the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights for missing a lesion in the girl’s scan eight months before it was finally discovered.

Police are looking for three men with links to the Hells Angels gang after gang rivalry erupted, ending with the violent assault of a security guard in Auckland City Hospital.

New South Wales paramedics have been verbally and physically assaulted at least 60 times this year, with long-term paramedics admitting the threat of violence is now just part of the job. The figures, provided by the New South Wales Ambulance service, come as new safety guidelines are set to be introduced to help protect paramedics during their shifts.

Estia Investments Pty Ltd will defend a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) in front of Fair Work Deputy President Anderson in his Adelaide chambers (Petts).

A doctor was allegedly hit with a metal medical stand and a nurse was spat on in an ugly incident at Townsville Hospital. Police were called to the hospital about 2.45pm Friday in response to reports a doctor had allegedly been assaulted. It will be alleged a man was receiving treatment when he became abusive, swearing loudly towards hospital staff and disturbing other patients. A Queensland Police Service spokesman said a doctor approached the man, who was in a bed, and asked him to quieten down.