In the media
Is Australia's surgical regulation only
skin-deep?
Anyone having elective surgery in Australia might
reasonably assume the doctor assigned to slice and dice their flesh
has undergone rigorous training (11 November 2021).
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Report calls for transparency on mental health
discrimination
The Public Interest Advocacy Centre
(PIAC) has called for more transparency from
insurers in relation to their use of actuarial and statistical
data. PIAC made the recommendations in a report today called Mental
Health Discrimination in Insurance (08 November 2021).
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'The wrong box may have been ticked':
Bureaucratic bungle adds to mother's grief after
stillbirth
Marcella Brassett says a disagreement between Centrelink
and a hospital about whether her son was stillborn or briefly took
one breath has added to her trauma. Now she is calling for more
investment into stillbirths and neonatal deaths (08 November 2021).
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Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine (SPIKEVAX) - provisional
determination granted for proposed use in children and booster shot
for adults under evaluation
The Australian Government has accepted all 38
recommendations from a review into COVID-19 outbreaks in
residential aged care facilities (02 November 2021).
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TGA discussion paper: Potential for mandatory reporting
of medical device adverse events by healthcare facilities in
Australia
Stakeholders are invited to review the discussion paper
and provide their feedback using the online survey. Closing date:
13 December 2021.
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Mandatory vaccines needed for all health care
workers
AMA Queensland and the Australian Salaried Medical
Officers' Federation Queensland have backed the ban on
unvaccinated employees in public hospitals, which comes into force
today, saying it's necessary to protect patients and staff and
will potentially save lives. The State Government has mandated that
all public hospital employees must now be fully vaccinated against
COVID-19 to continue working in the sector (November 2021). More...
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