Insights Sectors: Health

The Health and Disability Services Complaints Office (HaDSCO) handles complaints about health, disability and mental health services in Western Australia….

Despite significant resistance by key stakeholders, amendments to mandatory reporting obligations in respect of registered health practitioners treating other health…

Meridian Lawyers regularly assists health practitioners who have been the subject of notification to statutory health authorities such as AHPRA,…

In what circumstances should a gift from a patient be politely declined? Doctors are entrusted with acting in their patients’…

Annualised Salary –  as part of the review of all modern awards the Fair Work Commission has determined that the…

Do you own a pharmacy through a corporate entity such as a proprietary company? Are there shareholders who hold a…

Pharmacy data is a valuable resource and pharmacy owners are increasingly being asked to permit third parties to access their…

Pharmacists wishing to lodge applications for Australian Community Pharmacy Authority (ACPA) approval for the establishment of a new PBS approved…

In conjunction with 13 professional medical Colleges, Associations and Societies, the Australian Medical Association (AMA) has released a Guide ‘Informed…

Pharmacists are expected to have a contemporary knowledge of the drugs that are subject to abuse or misuse, both generally…

Patients are increasingly using social media to post anonymous reviews and ratings about medical services they have received, both good…