Meridian Lawyers often receives calls from doctors and other health practitioners requesting one-off advice relating to their day-to-day practice. Recently,…
Insights Types: Health Insight
Nov 9, 2020
INSIGHT: A case scenario on death certificates – who can sign them and when?
Meridian Lawyers often receives calls from doctors and other health practitioners requesting one-off advice relating to their day-to-day practice. One…
Oct 19, 2020
INSIGHT: Coroners Court Directions Hearings now required within 28 days for mandatory inquest deaths
The Victorian State Coroner recently issued Practice Direction 5 of 2020 – ‘Directions Hearings in Mandatory Inquests’, requiring that in…
May 4, 2020
INSIGHT: Western Australia: What are the Mandatory Reporting Requirements for Registered Health Practitioners?
In early 2020, the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) released revised guidelines for mandatory notifications made to AHPRA by…
Feb 13, 2020
INSIGHT: Regulation of unregistered health practitioners in WA – is the current system adequate?
The mechanisms for complaints and statutory protections available for health care consumers, vary across Australia. In order to better protect…
Jan 31, 2020
INSIGHT: Soutorine and The Medical Board of Australia [2020] WASAT 5
Facts Mikhail Soutorine is a medical practitioner (the practitioner). In November 2019, the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) on…
Jan 13, 2020
INSIGHT: A case study in causation
Chester v WA Country Health Service [2019] WADC 152 The facts Mr Chester (Plaintiff) was a 26 year old male…
Jan 6, 2020
INSIGHT: Social Media: What’s OK – What’s Not
Today’s health practitioner graduates do not know a world without social media – it’s part of their DNA and it…
Oct 22, 2019
INSIGHT: Handling sensitive health information about patients and customers – do you understand your obligations?
The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (the OAIC) has released a Guide to Health Privacy to assist health care…
Sep 25, 2019
INSIGHT: What happens to healthcare complaints in Western Australia?
The Health and Disability Services Complaints Office (HaDSCO) handles complaints about health, disability and mental health services in Western Australia….
Apr 12, 2019
INSIGHT: Police in Victoria and Western Australia, to share information with AHPRA
In July 2018 the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) and Victoria Police announced a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) regarding…