A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application by The Willows Private Nursing Home Pty Ltd for its The Willows Private Nursing Home Pty Ltd, NSWNMA, ANMF NSW Branch and HSU New South Wales Branch Enterprise Agreement 2017 has been granted by Commissioner Saunders in Melbourne on 7 September 2017.
September 8, 2017
A Ballarat hospital has apologised after an employee told the wrong family that their father had died on Saturday. The granddaughter of the 83-year-old man, who did not want to be identified, said the family had lodged death notices with two newspapers before Ballarat Heath Services — the operator of Ballarat Base Hospital — revealed it had made a mistake, two days later. “We are all still in shock. We were at mum’s celebrating my birthday when we got the news he had passed so it was a very hard day,” she said. “We’d already started the grieving process, my mum was devastated.” Victorian Health Minister Jillian Hennessy said a staff member misheard a patient’s name and contacted the wrong family.
September 8, 2017
Hannah Thompson has had her unfair dismissal claim against the Royal Freemasons’ Benevolent Institution dismissed by Deputy President Dean in Brisbane on 7 September 2017. Fair Work ruled “Miss Thompson has not completed the required minimum employment period and her application has no reasonable prospects of success.”
September 8, 2017
Hospital staff have been treated after being affected by capsicum spray when police were forced to use the weapon to subdue a patient’s partner. Police transported a woman to the hospital who was believed to be suffering from psychosis. It is believe the woman’s partner snuck into the emergency department and pushed over a staff member. The officers deployed capsicum spray to restrain the man, which led to staff suffering secondary exposure.
September 8, 2017
An application by Health Services Union (s.229 – Application for a bargaining order) will be determined by Commissioner Cribb in Conference Room E and F – Level 6 in Melbourne at 10am today.
September 8, 2017
A former Oakden aged-care home staff will be the first employee to be charged by police since the Chief Psychiatrist’s damning report into abuse and neglect at the facility. SA Police said a 63-year-old man had been reported for aggravated assault, but had yet to be formally charged or receive a summons to appear in court. The aggravated assault is alleged to have occurred at the nursing home on May 9, less than three weeks after Chief Psychiatrist Aaron Groves’ report was released. The employee is one of nine former Oakden staff to have been referred to police following a SA Health investigation, triggered by Chief Psychiatrist Aaron Groves’ report. Police confirmed one former employee remained under investigation, while another would not be charged because of insufficient evidence.
September 7, 2017
Two residents of Bupa Eden have died after contracting the influenza virus, a spokesperson for the facility confirmed.
September 7, 2017
Roseneath Aged Care Centre Pty Ltd has had its Roseneath Aged Care, NSWNMA, ANMF NSW Branch and HSU New South Wales Branch Enterprise Agreement 2017 approved.
