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.
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.
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.