03 Jan 2024
WA nurse banned for 10 years following conviction for drug and child sex offences
A tribunal has prohibited a nurse from providing any health service and disqualified him from re-applying for registration for 10 years after he was convicted of drug and child sex offences.
22 Dec 2023
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21 Dec 2023
Enrolled nurse who misappropriated medicine disqualified from applying for registration for a year
A tribunal has reprimanded and disqualified an enrolled nurse from applying for registration for 12 months after she misappropriated Schedule 8 medicines and provided false and misleading information to the regulator.
20 Dec 2023
Former psychologist reprimanded, disqualified from applying for registration and prohibited from providing health services
A former Queensland psychologist has been reprimanded by a tribunal and disqualified from applying for registration for 24 months for professional misconduct that included providing non-evidence-based treatments and not maintaining adequate clinical records.
20 Dec 2023
Nurse's registration suspended for sexual harassment of four colleagues
A male nurse who sexually harassed four female colleagues has been reprimanded and suspended from practising by a tribunal for eight months.
14 Dec 2023
WA ophthalmologist disqualified for two years for inappropriate sexual behaviour
A Western Australian medical practitioner has been reprimanded and disqualified from applying for registration for two years for professional misconduct.
14 Dec 2023
Fake ‘integrative medicine’ nurse convicted
A Gold Coast woman who falsely claimed that she was a registered nurse to a business partner and a stakeholder, was today convicted after pleading guilty in the Magistrates’ Court of Queensland.
11 Dec 2023
Former Oakden manager banned from nursing for 10 years
A former manager of the Oakden Older Persons Mental Health Facility has been disqualified from nursing for a decade.
08 Dec 2023
Tribunal suspends nurse’s registration for misleading regulators and improperly issuing a prescription
A tribunal has suspended a nurse’s registration for nine months after she improperly issued a prescription using a medical practitioner’s name, allowed herself to be held out as a nurse practitioner on her practice website
07 Dec 2023
Ahpra statement in response to the Kruk Review final report
The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra) welcomes the findings of the Kruk Review into health practitioner regulatory settings and looks forward to examining the reform opportunities identified in the final report.
