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Violent nurse suspended after assaults

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Original article by Elle Farcic
The West Australian – Page: 7 : 15-Dec-14

Western Australia’s State Administration Tribunal has suspended Michael Cummins’ registration as a nurse for 16 months. He pleaded guilty to charges of professional misconduct arising from incidents at two nursing homes. He had been accused of assaulting a dementia patient and a patient care assistant, as well as falsifying medical records and failing to give medication to patients. Cummins had previously been given a suspended jail sentence after pleading guilty to charges of assault

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WESTERN AUSTRALIA. STATE ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL, GREAT SOUTHERN, MEDISERVE NURSING AGENCY

Regis Healthcare float finds favour

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Original article by Nick Lenaghan, James Thomson, Jessica Gardner
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 15 & 20 : 8-Oct-14

Regis Healthcare listed on the Australian sharemarket on 7 October 2014. The aged care operator raised $A486 million in its IPO. The company was founded by Bryan Dorman and Ian Roberts in 1991. It has grown from two facilities to 45, and is now positioned for further growth. The stock was issued at $A3.65 and closed at $A4.02. Dorman and Roberts each kept a stake of 27.3 per cent, together worth $A658 million after the first day of trade

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REGIS HEALTHCARE LIMITED – ASX REG, STANDARD AND POOR’S ASX 200 INDEX, HEALTHSCOPE LIMITED – ASX HSO, VIRTUS HEALTH LIMITED – ASX VRT, JAPARA HEALTHCARE LIMITED – ASX JHC, MEDIBANK PRIVATE LIMITED, MACQUARIE CAPITAL PTY LTD, RETIREMENT CARE AUSTRALIA

Police probe nurse over claims of sex assaults

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Original article by Richard Baker, Nick McKenzie
The Age – Page: 2 : 26-Sep-14

Victorian police are investigating allegations that a male nurse sexually assaulted an intellectually disabled teenager in a Department of Human Services group home. It has also been revealed that the Ombudsman is investigating Bendigo Health after complaints of injuries to patients in its acute mental health unit. As well, a male nurse has been found guilty of professional misconduct for improper sexual contact with three female mental health patients at Eastern Health

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VICTORIA. DEPT OF HUMAN SERVICES, VICTORIA. OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN, BENDIGO HEALTH, EASTERN HEALTH, VICTORIA. OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC ADVOCATE, AUSTRALIAN HEALTH PRACTITIONER REGULATION AGENCY, VICTORIA. CIVIL AND ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL, ARNOLD THOMAS & BECKER PTY LTD

Killer nurse’s CV not checked: inquest

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Original article by Paul Bibby
The Sydney Morning Herald – Page: 9 : 9-Sep-14

New South Wales Deputy Coroner Hugh Dillon has begun the inquest into the deaths of 11 nursing home patients in late 2011, killed in a fire set by nurse Roger Dean. The Coroner’s Court has been told that the drug addict supplied just two references, one by his lover at the time, and that managers at the Quakers Hill Nursing Home checked neither. He was then put in charge of the night shift and had ready access to opioid painkillers. No reports were made to any disciplinary or registered body either about previous misconduct by Dean at St John of God Hospital and St George Hospital

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CORONER’S COURT (NEW SOUTH WALES), QUAKERS HILL NURSING HOME PTY LTD, ST GEORGE HOSPITAL, ST JOHN OF GOD HEALTH CARE INCORPORATED, MAMUSKA THE CHEESECAKE SHOP

Alarm over nursing home superbugs

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Original article by Dan Harrison
The Sydney Morning Herald – Page: 11 : 21-Jul-14

The "Medical Journal of Australia" will on 21 July 2014 publish new research by a team at Monash University’s Centre for Medicine Use & Safety. It argues that an indiscriminate and excessive use of antibiotics in nursing homes is creating a problem of resistance to the drugs by "superbugs". The authors advocate improved guidelines for staff at residential aged-care facilities on the use of antibiotics. The study looks at 12 nursing homes and their providers, including doctors, nurses and pharmacists

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MONASH UNIVERSITY. CENTRE FOR MEDICINE USE AND SAFETY

Call for concerns on NDIS to be voiced

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Original article by Dan Harrison
The Age – Page: 10 : 1-Jul-14

Trial sites in several states for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) were launched in mid-2013 by the previous Australian government. Mitch Fifield, the current Assistant Minister for Social Services, is calling on those who have had unsatisfactory experiences with the NDIS roll-out to come forward, so that the program can be improved where possible. There have been reports that the level of services offered under the NDIS falls short of what is recommended by experts

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AUSTRALIA. NATIONAL DISABILITY INSURANCE AGENCY, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, AUSTRALIA. PRODUCTIVITY COMMISSION