In the media
GP suspended for 15 months for having a sexual
relationship with patient
A Western Australian general practitioner has been
reprimanded and had his registration suspended by a tribunal after
he had a sexual relationship with a female patient (13 September
2019).
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Research retracted following suspected organ
harvesting
Chinese researchers will have to prove transplanted organs
used in their medical research were donated with consent or risk
having their publications retracted, experts say (13 September
2019).
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How rivalries between doctors and pharmacists turned
into the 'turf war' we see today
Would you like to go to your local pharmacy and buy
prescription medicines without seeing the doctor first? Or would
you like to collect your prescription medicines at the local
supermarket? These are some of the options canvassed now the
Commonwealth government is negotiating the seventh Community
Pharmacy Agreement with pharmacists (10 September 2019).
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More trouble for Queensland hospital software after
statewide issues
The multimillion-dollar electronic patient record software
in Queensland hospitals crashed during a software update on
Tuesday, forcing staff on to paper records (11 September 2019).
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Practice and Regulation
Queensland Health: Maternity and Neonatal Clinical
Guidelines
Trauma in pregnancy (Updated Sep 2019)
Last amended: Sept 2019: Review date: Sep 2024|
Guideline: Trauma in pregnancy
Guideline Supplement: Trauma in pregnancy
Cases
Health Ombudsman v Le Garde [2019]
QCAT 260
PROFESSIONS AND TRADES – HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS
– NURSES – DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS – where the
practitioner was a registered nurse – where the practitioner
was charged and convicted of criminal offences – where the
practitioner failed to disclose the charges and convictions to the
Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia – where the conduct
came to light by way of an anonymous tip – where the
practitioner has a history of illicit drug use for which conditions
were imposed by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia on her
general registration – where there was non-compliance with
the conditions imposed – where the respondent applied for and
was granted non-practising registration – where the parties
agree as to the characterisation of the conduct as professional
misconduct – where the applicant submits that the
respondent's registration should be suspended for a period of
six months – where the respondent submits that the period of
non-practising registration should be viewed as a de facto
suspension and the imposition of a further period of suspension
would be punitive – whether the Tribunal should impose a
period of suspension.
Health Ombudsman Act 2013 Qld s 103, s 107
Health Practitioner Regulation National Law Act 2009 Qld s
5, s 109, s 130
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