Improved Medicare Compliance and Other Measures 2018
The Health Legislation Amendment (Improved Medicare Compliance and Other Measures) Act 2018 (Cth) has imposed a number of new record keeping requirements on Medicare providers.
Case Note: Estimating Future Economic Loss by Probability
In this case, the ACT Supreme Court assessed damages in negligence for psychological harm, making an allowance for the unfulfilled career aspirations of the plaintiff to requalify as a GP in Australia.
Case note: Duty of Care and Material Increase in Risk
The District Court of Western Australia held that a hospital was negligent in failing to diagnose and treat sepsis in a paediatric burns patient because the act or omission of the treating doctors materially increased the risk of injury to the plaintiff.
Permissible workplace lead exposure levels revised
New OH&S Regulations have revised the permissible levels of lead exposure in Victorian workplaces, which will be required to be lower from June 2020.
