An experienced and well-respected NSW General Practitioner with an otherwise unblemished record has faced disciplinary proceedings brought by the Health…
Insights Sectors: Health
Oct 10, 2018
INSIGHT: Professional Opinions – how much weight do they carry?
Hopes of helpful review of the current interpretation of the words “competent professional practice” as they appear in section 5O…
Sep 27, 2018
INSIGHT: Professional Misconduct – fact or fiction?
A Perth Cardiologist has recently been found to have engaged in professional misconduct by the Western Australian Administrative Tribunal. [1]…
Sep 3, 2018
INSIGHT: Getting it right – meeting your legal and professional obligations in advertising
New resources provided by AHPRA and National Boards aim to help health practitioners understand and comply with their legal and…
Aug 29, 2018
INSIGHT: Board removes links to past disciplinary decisions – but not all of them
In response to criticism, the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) and the Medical Board of Australia (The Board) have…
Jul 24, 2018
INSIGHT: Medication Misadventure – Methotrexate: A reminder to pharmacists to exercise independent judgment about the safety of a prescribed medicine.
This article was originally published as a PDL Practice Alert. It was written by Scott Ames, Principal and PDL Professional Officers,…
Jun 26, 2018
INSIGHT: Putting the past behind you? Not any more, as Medical Board starts displaying links to old disciplinary decisions on the National Register
Update published 29 August 2018: Board removes links to past disciplinary decisions – but not all of them Australian medical practitioners…
Jun 8, 2018
INSIGHT: Missing faxed scan result triggers the Coroners Court to call for robust standards regarding the communication of radiology results
The Coroners Court of Victoria has called for the development of a set of standards specifically setting out systems for…
May 31, 2018
INSIGHT: Sparks v Hobson; Gray v Hobson [2018] NSWCA 29: Is this a prelude to the expansion of the peer professional opinion defence in NSW?
A recent decision by the NSW Court of Appeal has given rise to hopes that the current interpretation of the…
May 24, 2018
INSIGHT: ‘SafeScript’ Roll-out: An update for practitioners on important regulatory changes from 1 July 2018
The Victorian Department of Health has confirmed that the implementation of the ‘SafeScript’ real-time prescription monitoring system will begin later…
May 2, 2018
INSIGHT: Recent trends in buying and selling pharmacies
Meridian Lawyers acts for pharmacists in the sale and purchase of their pharmacy businesses. Issues which arise in these transactions…