The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation and Eastern Health have a s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) set for hearing before Fair Work Commissioner Cribb in Conference Room E and Conference Room F – Level 6 in Melbourne at 1pm today.
February 15, 2018
SA Health apologises for making man wait at RAH five days for assistance. Mr Bytheway, 28, had to negotiate the health care system in Mount Gambier for more than a week before he had his injured cheekbone referred to the Royal Adelaide Hospital.
February 15, 2018
Pharmaglobal Pty Ltd and the Department of Veterans’ Affairs are contesting a s.372 (Application to deal with other contravention disputes) before Commissioner Booth in the Fair Work Commission in Central Plaza Two Level 14 66 Eagle Street Brisbane at 11am.
February 15, 2018
A disgraced doctor who faked documents because he was “so desperate to get to New Zealand” has been let off without a sentence. The 37-year-old was previously disciplined after being found guilty of an ethical matter while working as a junior doctor in Malta, but concealed this information when applying to the Medical Council of New Zealand for registration. The man, who has interim name suppression, earlier pleaded guilty in the Wellington District Court to forgery and using a document for pecuniary advantage. He was “desperate” to leave his home in Australia for reasons that are suppressed, Judge Peter Hobbs said today. “I accept that you were facing difficult circumstances, I accept that you wanted to obtain employment as a doctor here in New Zealand,” the judge said. The man was required to get a certificate of good standing from any jurisdictions he had worked in over the past five years, so the Medical Council could make a decision on whether to grant him registration. A certificate of good standing confirms a doctor’s registration and notes whether or not there have been any complaints, investigations, or disciplinary action in the time of the doctor’s registration. The certificate he sent through from his time at Malta left out any details of his disciplinary action. He also filled out a form confirming he had not gone through any disciplinary action when in fact he had. His offending was discovered when he was stood down over poor performance issues and competency concerns while working as a junior doctor for Whanganui District Health Board. The Medical Council reviewed his situation and his subterfuge around his documentation was revealed.
February 15, 2018
Ambulance Victoria has a s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) to defend (Miller).
February 15, 2018
A s.185 (Enterprise Agreement) application by Victorian health Promotion Foundation T/A VicHealth for its Victorian Health Promotion Foundation (VicHealth) Enterprise Agreement 2017 has been granted by Fair Work Deputy President Masson in Melbourne on 13 February 2018.
February 15, 2018
Stab-proof vests and body cameras will be worn by hospital workers as part of a $7 million program to keep staff safe. The rollout, announced by Health Minister Jill Hennessy, of new safety equipment will involve 11 metropolitan health services, and 11 in rural Victoria. Melbourne’s St Vincent’s hospital would receive the 22 stab-proof vests and more body cameras would be provided at Dandenong Hospital and Monash Medical Centre at Clayton. The move to protect frontline hospital staff comes amid a court case of a man accused of fatally punching a surgeon outside a Melbourne hospital after the alleged aggressor was asked to stop smoking. About $430,000 will be spend on duress alarm systems and CCTV cameras at Barwon Health sites.
February 14, 2018
Estia Investments Pty Ltd is having a little difficulty putting a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) to bed. It is now in its second day before Fair Work Commissioner McKenna in Hearing Room 12-2 – Level 12 in Sydney (Percy).
