Elizabeth Kübler-Ross
Elizabeth Kübler-Ross on Death and Dying ( or Conditions and Suspension) The five stages of grief are well known as a concept. A sixth one has been suggested -
Is this Good Care ?
Is this Good Care ? When the Dental Council or Dental Board considers whether a particular dental treatment should be the subject of immediate action assessment, investigation or prosecution, there
Costs and Supervision in NSW
Health Care Complaints Commission v Somaey (No. 2) [2021] NSW CATOD 190, 25 November 2021 In the matter of Health Care Complaints Commission v Somaey (No. 2) [2021] NSW CATOD 190,
Holding Out- it’s a problem…
AHPRA often prosecutes matters in the Magistrates Courts but these decisions are rarely reported and Magistrates Court decisions are not published. In Chhaya v AHPRA [2022] QDC 5
Case Summary -DBA Code of Conduct
Health Care Complaints Commission v Somaey [2021] NSW CATOD 91 5 July 2021 Link to case (84 pp) Regulation and prosecution of health practitioners is a discrete area of law that
CDBS Reviews
The Child Dental Benefits Scheme has recently been improved to allow greater funding for the dental treatment of children. In 1994 the Professional Services Review (PSR) part of the Health
Better Late than Never ?
One of the things that I have observed over the years is examples of the old aphorism that “when the student is ready, the teacher appears”. This is often demonstrated
Unfair ? Maybe- but not an employee…
Mark Farag v Dental Corporation Pty Ltd [2021] FWC 6290 In this decision of 8 November 2021, the Fair Work Commission considered an application for an unfair dismissal remedy
When your advisor is not a lawyer
Caruana v Dental Council of NSW [2021] NSWCATOD 179 Appeals against regulators should be about the practitioner not their 'representatives'. In this recent case in NSW, a dentist was
Complaint Management
Most professionals do not welcome complaints from the users of our services. Too many times a patient will have a genuine grievance as to their treatment and if they do