In the media
Australian Medical Association opposes nurse prescribing
proposal
The AMA has made a submission to Australian Health Practitioner
Regulation Agency explaining that it cannot support the proposal
from the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia to introduce
registered nurse prescribing as it currently stands. The proposal
details the introduction of a pathway for registered nurses to
train and apply for endorsement to prescribe scheduled medicines
under the supervision of an authorised prescriber (4 October 2018).
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Hair implants refusal puts company in HIV discrimination
spotlight
A hair-loss treatment clinic was forced to apologise to a
HIV-positive man it refused to treat after Queensland's
anti-discrimination commission stepped in. It was one of several
cases highlighted in Anti-Discrimination Commission
Queensland's annual report for 2017-18, tabled in Parliament (3
October 2018).
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Queensland's first cannabis clinic
opens
Queenslanders who can afford to pay a $300 fee can now get access
to medicinal cannabis, with the opening of the state's first
cannabis clinic. The clinics works with patients who have
conditions including chronic pain, chemotherapy-induced nausea and
vomiting in cancer (CINV), multiple sclerosis,
epilepsy, anxiety, sleep disorders, PTSD and other conditions (3
October 2018).
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Queensland Health: Hospital performance
The website contains detailed, up-to-date and regular information
on the activity and performance of Queensland Health's 98
hospitals that provide reportable information (5 October 2018). More...
Cases
Maven Dental Group Pty Ltd v S & M England Pty Ltd &
Ors [2018] QSC 220
CONTRACTS – GENERAL CONTRACTUAL PRINCIPLES –
CONSTRUCTION AND INTERPRETATION OF CONTRACTS – INTERPRETATION
OF MISCELLANEOUS CONTRACTS AND OTHER MATTERS – Where the
second defendant is a dentist and the sole director and member of
the first and third defendants – where the dental practice
was sold to the plaintiff –where the second defendant's
conduct led to termination of the services agreement – where
the services agreement was terminated due to sexual harassment by
the second defendant – where the dental practice continued in
operation after termination of the agreement – where the
plaintiff commenced proceedings for compensation for loss from
breach of the services agreement – whether the plaintiff was
entitled to be compensated for the loss of the second
defendant's earning capacity and if so for how much.
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