‘Safe and competent’ GP avoids suspension over Bacchus Marsh baby death scandal
A GP supervisor who worked at Bacchus Marsh Hospital during the baby death scandal has avoided suspension, with a tribunal declaring she is now “safe…
Tag: Tribunals
Surgeon who repeatedly dismissed adrenal malignancy as haematoma found guilty of misconduct
An endocrine surgeon said he dismissed imaging reports that showed a young patient likely had adrenal cancer because he became “fixated” on the idea that…
Doctor charged with rape has emergency suspension overturned
The Medical Board of Australia’s emergency suspension of a doctor charged with rape has been quashed, after a tribunal declared it was not in the…
Bacchus Marsh medical director ‘only onsite for 40 days in six years’: tribunal
A medical college president who worked as the consultant director of medical services at Bacchus Marsh Hospital during the baby deaths scandal was only onsite…
Legal victory for GP practices that insist patients wear masks
GP practices enforcing mask mandates are on safer legal ground after a court rejected discrimination allegations lodged against a GP and practice that barred two…
Plastic surgeon rapped for operating on wife claims he was under ‘coercive control’
A plastic surgeon who claimed his then-wife used coercive control to force him to operate on her and prescribe her opioids has been reprimanded and…
Remorseful doctor who ran notorious weight-loss clinic given green light to return to practice
A doctor who prescribed compounded medications to vulnerable patients over the phone for both erectile dysfunction and weight loss has shown “genuine remorse” for putting…
Payroll tax: This is the biggest existential threat to general practice
Public debate around the crisis in general practice has focused on bulk-billing and Medicare rebates, but for some, payroll tax is the specialty’s existential threat.…
Colorectal surgeon used unconscious patient as a prop for a joke: tribunal
He giggled as he photographed the anaesthetist feeling the patient’s ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ rectal tumour, tribunal says.
Pharmacists banned after supplying prescription drugs to health food store
Eventually, pharmacy owner David Vuong gave the shop owner his login details so she could place her own orders for medications.
