Moves to compensate docs hit with vexatious complaints
13th May 2017
Doctors who endure investigations based on vexatious complaints would receive financial compensation under a new proposal from Australian senators.
A Senate committee inquiry has reviewed AHPRA’s complaints process, which some doctors have described as slow, punitive and unfair.
Among its 14 recommendations, the Community Affairs committee calls for state and federal health ministers to look at whether doctors hit by vexatious