Aged care nurse suspended over surprise baby shower weeks before COVID-19 outbreak killed 38 residents
A nurse who attended a surprise baby shower thrown for him at an aged care facility during a COVID-19 lockdown has been suspended for a…
Tag: Tribunals
Toddler developed mercury toxicity after GP prescribed his homemade merbromin cream: tribunal
A GP who prescribed homemade merbromin-based eczema cream to thousands of patients, including a toddler who developed mercury toxicity, has been found guilty of professional…
Banning doctors using emergency powers — when regulators go too far
AusDoc recently reported on yet another case where a tribunal has overturned the medical board’s use of its immediate action powers to suspend a doctor.…
Tribunal warns medical board about the presumption of guilt as it overturns another emergency suspension
The suspension of doctors under the Medical Board of Australia’s emergency powers has become a vexed topic. These powers are meant to be employed in…
Celebrity Chinese medicine practitioner banned over ‘liquid herb diet’ treatment
A Chinese medical practitioner has been banned for three years over his treatment of a patient with cardiac issues who followed his liquid herb diet.…
Banned doctor alleged to have infected patient with hep B while working under alias
A banned doctor has been accused of infecting a patient with hepatitis B after continuing to work at a Sydney cosmetic clinic under a different…
Another emergency suspension overturned at tribunal — ‘not in the public interest’
A tribunal has overturned another doctor’s emergency suspension, saying it is in the public interest for competent doctors to keep practising if appropriate. The doctor,…
GP speaks of distress over patient’s angry demand she change diagnosis made 13 years earlier
A GP has ended up before a tribunal over a woman’s mental health diagnosis she had made 13 years earlier. In a case that highlights…
Tribunal fines doctor $10,000 for writing fake sick notes for person on bail
A doctor has been fined $10,000 for writing five false medical certificates for an acquaintance who had failed to attend a police station in line…
GP faked assault to get patient off his books: UK tribunal
A GP took “increasingly desperate” actions to get a patient to change practices, including offering a bribe and faking an assault, a UK tribunal has…
