Three nurses have been sacked and a doctor reported to the Queensland Health Ombudsman after the suspicious deaths of five residents at a Townsville nursing home. The five people died over a 12-month period ending last November. All were palliative care residents at the Carinity Fairfield Grange aged care facility in the north Queensland city. In a statement, the facility’s CEO Jon Campbell said the matter was immediately reported to police and the coroner after concerns raised by a staff member. “As soon as we became aware of the breach of procedure on 21 November, the staff concerned were removed from the workplace and the matter was reported to the relevant authorities,” he said. Mr Campbell said Carinity also lodged a report with the Health Ombudsman about a doctor who treated all five residents.
February 21, 2018
Anglican Community Services has a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) to defend today before Fair Work Deputy President Sams in Hearing Room 14 – 1 – Level 14 in Sydney (Natoli).
February 21, 2018
Mercer has poached Will Burkitt from ANZ to spearhead its strategy to innovate its funding and services for the ageing strategy.
February 21, 2018
A doctor who had practised in Australia since 1986 has had his registration cancelled by the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal, for failing to display the judgement expected of a practitioner of his experience. The practitioner was a fellow of the Royal Australian College of Physicians since 1997, specialising in gastroenterology, and a fellow of the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine since 1998. In October 2013, the Director of the Local Health District made a formal notification in relation to matters of concern involving the practitioner, which had taken place at a local hospital. The first concern related to his state of presentation as a duty doctor, when he was reported to have been unsteady on his feet, with slurred speech, and to have typed up clinical notes that made no sense. He was also discovered to have been obtaining Panadeine from the hospital dispensary under his wife’s name when she had not attended for assessment, and had also been requesting Panadeine Forte for himself.
February 21, 2018
A s.185 (Enterprise Agreement) application by Ruah Community Services for its Ruah Community Services Enterprise Agreement 2017 has been ratified by Fair Work Commissioner Saunders in Newcastle on 19 February.
February 21, 2018
Queensland Health is refusing to guarantee the protection of Gold Coast nurses caught in a car parking disaster created by the Commonwealth Games, according to the State Opposition. It was revealed in a report today that nurses at the Gold Coast University Hospital would need to leave every two hours during hospital shifts to move their vehicles due to the lack of long term options. Staff have been told to salary sacrifice and book at the few available spaces left at an expensive on-site private parking facility.
February 21, 2018
A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application from Ramsay Health Care (South Australia) Pty Limited T/A Fullarton Private Hospital and Kahlyn Day Centre; Adelaide Clinic Holdings Pty Ltd T/A The Adelaide Clinic for its Ramsay Health Care (SA) & ANMF-SA Nursing Employees Enterprise Agreement 2017 has been approved by Fair Work Commissioner Lee in Melbourne on 19 February 2018.
February 21, 2018
Erik Locke allegedly referred to Jane Grljusich as “Kim Jong Lard” in an email and suggested how she could pay for liposuction in a text message. Health Minister Roger Cook said an inquiry into his former chief of staff’s behaviour would continue despite Erik Locke’s sudden resignation last week.
