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.…
Tag: Tribunals
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.
Pharmacist banned for allowing junior staff to dispense S8 drugs
The owner of five pharmacies has been barred over instructing assistants to dispense without a pharmacist on site.
Cosmetic GP suspended for defying conscious sedation ban
The doctor, who argued promethazine was not sedative, lost an appeal against his suspension under emergency powers: NSW Civil and Administrative Tr…
GP rapped for ‘shouting match’ with patient loses appeal
The doctor argued the Medical Board of Australia's sanctions effectively affirmed aggressive patient behaviour: Victorian tribunal.
GP clinics lose appeal against $795,000 payroll tax demand
The amounts being claimed from the crackdown are small for the government but devastating for clinics, says AMA NSW.
Suspension overturned for intern accused of sexual assault as a student
A WA tribunal replaced the suspension - relating to an alleged assault of a fellow medical student - with conditions on the doctor's registration.<…
Radiologist trainee accused of harassing junior staff wins suspension appeal
A Victorian tribunal has lifted an emergency suspension, made after allegations of kissing female radiographers, and has imposed conditions on his …
Psychiatrist sheltered escaped patient in home, tribunal hears
The Sydney-based doctor refused to co-operate with police because she didn't believe the patient was mentally ill.
