Four people have been injured in a fire at Christchurch’s Hillmorton Hospital.
January 8, 2018
A s.185 (Application for approval of a single-enterprise agreement) by the Victorian Hospitals’ Industrial Association for its Victorian Public Health Sector (Medical Scientists, Pharmacists and Psychologists) Single Interest Enterprise Agreement 2017-2021 has been granted by Commissioner Cribb in Melbourne on 21 December 2017.
January 8, 2018
A Perth nurse is fighting for her life in hospital after a freak horse riding accident north of Perth.
January 8, 2018
Southern Cross Care (Broken Hill) Limited has had its Southern Cross Care (Broken Hill) Limited, NSWNMA and the Broken Hill Town Employees’ Union Enterprise Agreement 2017-2020 application granted.
January 8, 2018
A Dunedin Hospital senior doctor was paid $408,000 in a severance payment in 2016-17, it has emerged. The figure was released yesterday in the Southern District Health Board’s annual report. The second highest termination settlement was $178,000. To allay speculation the biggest payout was that of former chief executive Carole Heatly, the DHB said it was for a departing clinician. ‘‘We are unable to share details of individual employment matters. However, we can confirm that the $408,000 payment does not relate to any management position within the DHB. ‘‘The payment was in line with a nationally agreed collective employment agreement terms and conditions,’’ DHB chief executive Chris Fleming said in a statement.
January 8, 2018
A s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) by Gary Roberts against Greystanes Disability Services t/a Greystanes Disability Service; Community Living has been ruled out of time by Vice President Hatcher in Sydney on 4 January 2018.
January 8, 2018
An application for approval of the MacKillop Family Services Enterprise Agreement 2016 (s.185 – Application for approval of a single-enterprise agreement) will be determined by Fair Work Deputy President Gooley in Court 4 – Level 6 in Melbourne.
December 20, 2017
SA Health ignored warnings that someone would be killed under one of its patient transfer policies months before an inpatient died in a head-on crash, an ABC investigation has revealed. On October 18 last year, a 72-year-old patient from Renmark Hospital was driving himself to the Riverland General Hospital at Berri, about 20 kilometres away, when he collided with a truck and died. The man’s wife — who was a passenger in the car — suffered serious injuries and spent several months in hospital. Emails revealed senior SA Medical Imaging (SAMI) manager Con Kapsis warned of such a tragedy months before the fatal crash.
