The definition of ‘anaesthesia’ under the Private Health Facilities Regulation 2017 (NSW) has been expanded to include ‘diagnostic imaging practice anaesthesia’, which will now be subject to the Regulations accordingly.
In this case, the Queensland Supreme Court held that Queensland Ambulance Service paramedics had not been negligent in treating an asthma patient because their treatment was consistent with clinical standards and the QAS Clinical Practice Manual.
A key challenge in genomic medicine is determining how Privacy laws affect the sharing of genomic and related health data for clinical care and research.
In this case the Victorian Supreme Court, exercising its welfare jurisdiction, authorised the administration of blood to a child despite the objection of the child and her mother.
The Public Health Amendment (Safe Access to Reproductive Health Clinics) Act 2018 (NSW) has introduced a number of offences relating to communications and recordings made within 150m of an abortion clinic.
