The Paraplegic & Quadriplegic Association of South Australia Inc will face a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) launched by an ex-staffer (Scholz) before Commissioner Platt in his Adelaide chambers at 2pm.
August 2, 2017
A 15-year-old girl picked up a long glass shard from a shattered photograph frame and slashed her youth worker across the neck. But in sentencing her for wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm, a judge has found the girl was not the only one to blame. District Court Judge Martin Sides has found “significant moral culpability” on the part of the Sydney not-for-profit company providing the girl’s full-time care on behalf of the Minister for Family and Community Services. Run by former Wallaby Glen Ella, Guardian Youth Care has come under sustained scrutiny in recent months, facing accusations by the government of misappropriating nearly $20 million. The girl convicted of the wounding charge, who cannot be named for legal reasons, had a history of mental illness including post-traumatic stress disorder.
August 1, 2017
A shamed Bupa care home worker caught spraying deodorant in the face of a frail grandmother with severe dementia has been jailed for four weeks. But Susan Draper, who was fired after working at the home for 17 years, was caught when the pensioner’s worried relatives rigged up a camera in her room after finding bruises on her body last August. She could be heard laughing with a colleague as she sprayed a can of Impulse around a foot from Mrs Boylan’s face. The judge was played footage of the incident, which showed the victim – who is immobile and incontinent – pleading “stop it”.
August 1, 2017
Department of Health & Human Services Victoria and the Department of Justice & Regulation Victoria will defend a s.372 (Application to deal with other contravention disputes) before Commissioner Wilson in his Melbourne chambers (Purrer).
August 1, 2017
The Health Services Union and Alfred Health will contest a s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) before Fair Work Commissioner Cribb in conference room E & F – level 6 in Melbourne at 2pm.
August 1, 2017
A s.318 (Application for an order relating to instruments covering new employer and transferring employees) by Western Health Alliance Limited T/A Western NSW Primary Health Network has been granted by Commissioner Booth in Brisbane on 28 July 2017.
August 1, 2017
An application by Health Services Union (s.229 – Application for a bargaining order) will be heard by Deputy President Barclay in hearing room 8, first floor in Hobart at noon.
August 1, 2017
Australian Medical Association WA president and orthopaedic surgeon Omar Khorshid said hospital staff grappled with trying to get patients through the system quickly. “At one hospital I work at, it is full every day and we get warnings by email every day that the hospital is full and that just creates a certain amount of pressure,” Dr Khorshid said. “We know as clinicians we need to get patients out as quickly as we can to get the next one in.” Dr Khorshid said widespread cost cutting had led to low staff morale. “We’ve seen substantial job losses across hospitals in allied health, in management, a little bit in the medical and nursing areas,” he said. Health Minister Roger Cook said WA could not afford health spending to grow on its current “unsustainable” trajectory. He believes WA is in a better position to rein in spending growth in the wake of activity-based funding. “We have a much better line of sight in terms of where those big cost centres are,” Mr Cook said. “I think you’ll see over the next few years, we start to get that expense growth much better managed.” But Dr Khorshid believes many of the issues affecting the health system will take 10 to 15 years to address.
