GP who botched his first face lift guilty of hubris, tribunal says
A GP without training in invasive cosmetic procedures performed a face lift for acne scarring that breached the patient’s occipital artery, a tribunal says. The…
Tag: Tribunals
Small-town GP cleared of misconduct for starting relationship with patient a month after final consult
A GP accused of misconduct for starting a relationship with a patient a few weeks after their therapeutic relationship ended has been cleared. The Medical…
Solo GP in hot water over lack of home visits to elderly patient
A solo GP has been suspended for three months after a patient’s family reported him to AHPRA for refusing to prescribe her regular medications and…
Review of AHPRA suggests no longer sending all professional misconduct allegations to tribunals
Doctors accused of minor professional misconduct would not be sent to a tribunal under a proposal to fast-track cases and avoid doctors spending months or…
Junior doctor reprimanded for accessing medical records of colleague
A junior doctor has been sanctioned for accessing the medical records of a female colleague after she asked him not to contact her. The ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal…
80-year-old GP called CPD pointless and psychologist ‘a skank’: tribunal
A GP who said CPD was pointless and that he did not need to update his medical knowledge — despite graduating in 1969 — has…
Watchdog loses bid to suspend GP for two months under lesser-known emergency powers
A GP allowed to practise with conditions for over three years has fought off a fresh bid to suspend him under emergency powers while he…
Tribunal says it is powerless to temporarily lift emergency suspensions on doctors before formal appeal
A doctor charged with sexual assault offences has lost a bid to temporarily lift his suspension after a tribunal decided it lacked the legal power…
Surgeon fined $10,000 after sharing photo of comatose patient’s penis with a swastika tattoo
An orthopaedic surgeon who photographed a comatose patient with a swastika tattoo on his penis then shared the image with other doctors has been fined…
Locum physician sanctioned for walking out of ‘unsafe’ hospital after seeing one patient
This article has been updated. See footnote. A doctor who walked off a locum job after 45 minutes because she believed the hospital was unsafe…
