Sep 3
Posted by Nancy Lentz in Alcohol, Indigenous Health, New Legislation, Northern Territory Health Services | Comments off
ABC News, AP, 2 September 2010
“The Northern Territory Council of Social Service (NTCOSS) says the Territory Government’s plans to establish a register of problem drinkers to address chronic alcoholism sounds like a flawed idea. The Government plans to spend $6 million to create a register that will alert take-away outlets when a known problem drinker tries to buy alcohol.”
Find article here.
Jun 18
Posted by Nancy Lentz in Case Law, Disciplinary Tribunals, Indigenous Health, Mental Illness, Negligence, Northern Territory Health Services, Registration and Professionalism | Comments off
NT News, AP, June 18, 2010
“The case of dodgy doctor Balaji Varatharaju wasn’t just a matter of a man with psychological problems committing a crime. It was a case of the NT Medical Board being conned in the most embarrassing and dangerous way because of the Territory’s desperate need for medical staff. Varatharaju treated more than 400 patients over 10 months at Alice Springs Hospital before senior medical staff became suspicious. Apparently, he was exposed by a single telephone call to the University of Adelaide inquiring whether his medical degree was valid.”
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Jun 14
Posted by Edwina Light in Health Law, Northern Territory Health Services, Public Health | Comments off
NT Department of Health and Families, online, June 2010
“The Department of Health and Families is pleased to release the draft Public and Environmental Health Bill 2010 for public comment. This draft Bill represents a significant step in public health legislation reform and seeks to replace the outdated current Public Health Act 1952 and subordinate regulations with a modernised flexible legislative framework for monitoring and regulating public and environmental health in the Northern Territory. …it is requested that submissions be received by Friday 23 July 2010.”
Find draft Bill and discussion paper here.
Jun 12
Posted by Nancy Lentz in Case Law, Disciplinary Tribunals, Northern Territory Health Services, Registration and Professionalism | Comments off
ABC News, AP, 11 June 2010
“A Singapore national who used fake qualifications to work as a doctor in Alice Springs has pleaded guilty to the aggravated assault of a patient in the NT Supreme Court.”
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Jun 11
Posted by Nancy Lentz in Electronic Medical Records, Indigenous Health, Northern Territory Health Services, Privacy & Health Information | Comments off
ABC News, By Louisa Rebgetz, 11 June 2010
“The Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance in the Northern Territory has welcomed a $1.5 million funding boost to expand e-health services to remote Indigenous patients. The service has been trialed over the last four years and enables data detailing people’s medical records to be stored at a central location. AMSANT chief executive John Paterson says the service works well in the Territory where there is a large, transient population.”
Find article here.
Apr 21
Posted by Edwina Light in National Health Services, New South Wales Health Services, Northern Territory Health Services, Queensland Health Services, Resource Allocation, South Australian Health Services, Tasmanian Health Service, Victorian Health Services, Western Australian Health Services | Comments off
COAG meeting ,19 & 20 APRIL 2010, Canberra
“The Council of Australian Governments (COAG) concluded its 29th meeting in Canberra today. The Prime Minister, Premiers, Chief Ministers and the President of the Australian Local Government Association were joined by Treasurers for the meeting. COAG, with the exception of Western Australia, reached an historic agreement on health and hospitals reform – the establishment of a National Health and Hospitals Network. This represents the most significant reform to Australia’s health and hospitals system since the introduction of Medicare, and one of the largest reforms to service delivery in the history of the Federation. …In addition, a package of $5.4 billion in reforms and investment will provide…”
Find full COAG communique here. Find transcript of COAG joint press conference here.
Find state and territory leader statements here: ACT, NT, Victoria, Queensland, SA, NSW.
Mar 15
Posted by Edwina Light in Health Law, Indigenous Health, Northern Territory Health Services | Comments off
Australian Indigenous Doctors’ Association and Centre for Health Equity Training, Research and Evaluation, UNSW, March 2010
“The HIA predicts that the intended health outcomes of the NTER (improved health and wellbeing, and ultimately, life expectancy) are unlikely to be fully achieved through the NTER measures. It is predicted that it will leave a negative legacy on the psychological and social wellbeing, on the spirituality and cultural integrity of the prescribed communities. However, it may be possible to minimise or mitigate these negative impacts if the Australian and NT governments commit to and invest in taking the steps necessary to work in respectful partnership with the Aboriginal leaders and organisations responsible for the governance of the prescribed communities in the NT.”
Find full report here.
Mar 8
Posted by Sabina Bhate in Northern Territory Health Services, Principle-Based Ethics, Registration and Professionalism | Comments off
The Australian- 05 March, 2010
Author: Lex Hall
“THE Northern Territory government has launched an independent probe into its registration and recruitment of doctors after a Singaporean national allegedly faked his way into a job at Alice Springs Hospital where he saw up to 400 patients.”
Read article here.
Feb 10
Posted by Edwina Light in Indigenous Health, National Health Services, Northern Territory Health Services | Comments off
Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing, 3 February 2010
“The report provides information on the final stage of a detailed investigation of the treatment of Aboriginal people with leprosy in Kahlin Compound (Darwin) in the early to mid 1900s. This phase of the project incorporated a search for relevant information through public and non-public archives, and individual patient/client records. In addition, the project included discussions with people identified as possessing knowledge of potential relevance.”
Find report here.
Jan 19
Posted by Edwina Light in Children, Northern Territory Health Services | Comments off
NT Department of Health and Families statement, 19 January 2010
“The findings and recommendations of Coronial inquiries into the deaths of two children, who passed away three and five years ago respectively, will be closely considered by the Department of Health and Families (DHF) and the operational recommendations (paragraph 270 nos. 9-14, and paragraph 158 respectively) used to inform its submissions to the Inquiry into the Child Protection System in the Northern Territory.”
Find statement here.
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