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.
February 21, 2018
Lighthouse Disability is facing a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) lodged by an ex-staff member (Hudson). Fair Work Deputy President Anderson in Conference Room 6b – Level 6 in Adelaide will hear the application at noon.
February 20, 2018
Estia Investments Pty Ltd is fighting the s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy sought by an ex-staffer before Fair Work Commissioner McKenna in Hearing Room 12-2 – Level 12 in Sydney (Percy).
February 20, 2018
An application by Health Services Union (s.318 – Application for an order relating to instruments covering new employer and transferring employees) will be determined by Fair Work Commissioner Cribb in Court 6 – Level 6 in Melbourne this morning.
