28 Aug 2023
Crossing professional boundaries leads to nine-month suspension for WA psychologist
A West Australian psychologist, who engaged in inappropriate conduct and transgressed professional boundaries with two patients, has been reprimanded by a tribunal and had his registration suspended for nine months.
28 Aug 2023
Cosmetic procedures by dental practitioners are not without risk
Practitioners and patients are urged to exercise caution when considering dental procedures undertaken for cosmetic purposes.
25 Aug 2023
Dentist reprimanded for professional misconduct involving scheduled medicines
A Queensland dentist has been reprimanded by a tribunal for professional misconduct involving scheduled medicines.
24 Aug 2023
Medical practitioner receives career-ending disqualification following his conviction of multiple sexual assaults
A Victorian tribunal has reprimanded and disqualified a medical practitioner from applying for registration for 16 years and prohibited him from providing any health service
24 Aug 2023
Nurse who stole medications and practised under the influence has registration cancelled by tribunal
In June 2019, Ms Jayne Beare (at the time registered under the name Jayne Buckley) was discovered by her employer for stealing and self-administering medicines while on duty at work.
24 Aug 2023
Overuse of physical force sees enrolled nurse’s registration suspended
A tribunal has suspended and imposed conditions on an enrolled nurse’s registration after he used unnecessary physical force on a mental health patient.
18 Aug 2023
Repaving the path to Australia for international health workers
As we await the final outcomes of the review into Australia’s regulatory settings for internationally qualified health workers, we have taken a deep dive into the challenges on the ground for many regional communities struggling to attract health workers.
17 Aug 2023
More practitioners than ever want to work in Australian health systems
Almost 30 per cent more health practitioners are applying to work in Australia’s health systems than in the months before the COVID-19 pandemic struck, helping to grow the national health workforce by almost a fifth since mid-2019.
14 Aug 2023
2023 Medical Training Survey now open – keeping track of training
The Medical Training Survey (MTS) is now open - giving trainees the chance to improve medical training.
03 Aug 2023
Have your say on the criminal history standard for registered health practitioners
Australia’s health practitioner regulator wants to hear from the community as it begins to review the national standard that sets the bar for criminal history for our registered health practitioners.