Archive of posts in the 'Health care' category
Published by PIAC in 1996
The inquest into the death of Jason Szczepek highlights the need for reform of laws which restrict coroners from fully...
Senate consideration of the Rudd Government’s controversial Healthcare Identifiers Bill will not take place until budget day on May 11.
Senators looking into the Federal Government’s Health Identifier Bill as part of a Senate inquiry have not been able to...
Stepping in early to help resolve the legal problems of people who are at risk of mental illness is producing...
THE number of mental health patients forced to undergo electroconvulsive therapy in NSW has doubled in the past decade, and...
Consumer and advocacy groups warn that the proposed model for handling complaints about nationally-registered health professionals will be a backwards...
Mrs Terri Simpson’s compensation claim against the NSW Government for the nervous shock she suffered as a result of her...
As of 2 April, mentally ill inmates in Long Bay Prison Hospital will be locked in their cells in solitary...