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Australia confirms first diphtheria death amid worst outbreak in decades
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Australia has recorded its first diphtheria death in almost a decade as the country grapples with the worst outbreak of the vaccine-preventable disease in decades. In March, the Northern Territory (NT) declared an outbreak of diphtheria with cases also in Western Australia, South Australia and Queensland. Cases started rising in late-2025 with a sharp increase in February. This year, there have been 245 cases, marking the largest outbreak in Australia since 1991, mainly in remote Indigenous communities. On Tuesday, NT's health minister said autopsy results from an overseas lab found diphtheria was the cause of a man's death in April at Royal Darwin Hospital, the first such case since 2018. In recent weeks, the government has ramped up vaccination efforts in areas most at risk and the number of new cases was now falling, health officials said on Tuesday. "Our government has taken this situation very seriously, and we are working hard to understand the causes and working to contain the situation," NT Health Minister Steve Edgington said. Since 30 March, there have been 10,407 vaccinations, he said. Authorities are urging affected communities to update their vaccinations, especially teenagers and adults who need to get booster shots. Read full story Source: The Independent, 26 May 2026 -
News ArticleAustralia is grappling with its “biggest diphtheria outbreak“ in decades as the bacterial infection continues to spread through Northern Territory. The country’s top medical body is now urging all Australians to ensure they are fully vaccinated against diphtheria following a resurgence of the Victorian-era disease. Most of the nearly 220 cases reported so far are in Northern Territory, Western Australia, South Australia, and Queensland. Diphtheria can cause swollen glands, breathing problems and fever. The bacterial disease mostly affects children. It was considered almost eradicated following a vaccination rollout that began in the 1930s. The current outbreak is being blamed on a dip in vaccination rates. Cases began to rise in 2025, prompting the Northern Territory Centre for Disease Control to declare an outbreak in March. Almost all cases have involved Indigenous Australians, which has pushed health authorities to work with Aboriginal agencies to improve immunisation. Health authorities were awaiting the outcome of an investigation into a suspected diphtheria death, which could be the first fatality from the disease in almost a decade. "We've been recording case numbers nationally for about 35 years and this, by a very big distance, is the biggest outbreak of diphtheria we've ever seen,” federal health minister Mark Butler said. Read full story Source: The Independent, 20 May 2026
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Content ArticleDigitally enabled care is the appropriate application and integration of digital health tools and technologies in clinical settings to deliver, coordinate or enhance patient care. The Commission sets and stewards best practice for digital health to support high-quality care. Digital health enables better care when it is safe, integrated and trusted. The four priorities are: Embed digitally enabled care in clinical governance. Strengthen virtual care quality. Advance connected care through standardised data. Lead system-wide quality improvement in digitally enabled care.
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News ArticleAuthorities in Australia have issued a warning to patients of a retired dentist, urging them to test themselves for bloodborne viruses due to "poor infection control practices" at the clinic. Thousands of patients at Dr William Tam's clinic in Strathfield, western Sydney may have been exposed to hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV, the New South Wales state health ministry said in a statement on Wednesday. The Ministry urged patients to see a doctor and test for such viruses, thought it noted that the "risk is low". Tam is now retired and de-registered as a dentist, the statement said. "The poor infection control practices at Dr Tam's practice means all former patients may be at low risk of a blood borne virus infection, which can have serious and long-lasting health impacts," Dr Leena Gupta, the public health clinical director of the Sydney Local Health District, said in the ministry statement. "People with HIV, hepatitis B, or hepatitis C may not have any symptoms for decades, so it is important that people at risk of these infections are tested, so that they can access treatment as appropriate." Gupta said they believed Tam had seen thousands of patients in the last 25 years, but there were no records that could be used to contact them. Read full story Source: The Guardian, 13 May 2026
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This stakeholder kit supports the promotion of World Hand Hygiene Day, a WHO global initiative, on 5 May. World Hand Hygiene Day is a global initiative led by the World Health Organization (WHO) and is held on 5 May each year. You are encouraged to use these resources to raise awareness about how hand hygiene can help save lives by preventing the spread of infection. To support the WHO’s theme “Action saves lives”, the Commission’s overarching theme for World Hand Hygiene Day 2026 is: “Action saves lives – Safer care starts with clean hands”. By promoting World Hand Hygiene Day, you can help reinforce the importance of hand hygiene in preventing healthcare-associated infections. -
News ArticleDying Australians approved for government-funded aged care home support are struggling to access it, with carers describing a system plagued by delays and lack of control around how funding is spent. The accounts of carers and aged care assessors spoken to by Guardian Australia show that beyond the controversial, algorithm-driven assessment process for home care funding, many are left without adequate and timely support even after funding has been approved. Emma Nicolle was caring for her dad, Alan, in his Canberra home for several months until he died on Wednesday with cancer. She said “the negligence is staggering”. “My dad was clearly dying, so the need was urgent and acute,” Nicolle said. “From late October I was begging Aged Care at Home to allow me to order the mechanised bed and wheelchair Dad desperately needed, as he was developing bed sores due to the unsuitable bed and chairs he had no choice [but] to use. “He couldn’t shower without the modifications to his bathroom, and getting him in and out of bed, on and off the toilet, and into the car for hospital trips was exhausting, painful and inhumane for both of us.” But Nicolle was told there was a mandatory waiting period to spend any budget on certain items. Four months after funding was approved, a mechanised bed was delivered. Alan died less than two weeks later. Moving her father in and out of bed has left her with injuries. “I have herniated discs myself so this has destroyed my health and caused Dad and I intolerable pain, discomfort, grief and shame.” Read full story Source: The Guardian, 28 February 2026
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Content ArticleThe Respectful Maternity and Newborn Care Framework is a practical tool that supports clinicians and consumers to work in genuine partnership – especially when a woman makes an informed decision about her care pathway that differs from clinical recommendations. It provides case studies, flowcharts, and tools to guide informed decision-making, ensuring that a woman’s autonomy, dignity, and cultural needs are respected throughout her maternity journey. This framework supports health services at all levels of capability and across all specialties, ensuring that a culture of respect is embedded in every individual’s practice and in every facet of clinical governance. It serves as a guide to help cultivate an environment where respectful maternity and newborn care is not only a priority but a fundamental part of how we operate.
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Content ArticleAs the healthcare delivery landscape evolves and the impact of digital technologies and transformations becomes increasingly apparent, a competent healthcare management workforce, confident in the capabilities to employ and effectively incorporate digital health technologies into health service delivery is imperative. This article explores the perceptions and experiences of Australian middle-level health managers in their responsibilities and competency requirements in the context of digital health transformation. The authors observe that ‘As the healthcare delivery landscape evolves and the impact of digital technologies and transformations becomes increasingly apparent, a competent healthcare management workforce, confident in the capabilities to employ and effectively incorporate digital health technologies into health service delivery is imperative.’ The authors identified eight ‘Digital competencies for health service managers’, namely: Applying digital system knowledge. Data management. Change, project and risk management. Supporting digital development. Vendor management and negotiating. Governance, security and decision making. Contextualising digital system functionality. Digital agility and shared digital language. The authors state that this work ‘revealed two key areas of management competency enhancement required: firstly, competence in digital data management and security; and secondly, the management of digital technologies in practice.’
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Content ArticleEvery year in Australia, an estimated 140,000 people experience a diagnostic error. For 21,000 people, it causes serious harm. For 4,000 people, it’s fatal. In this blog, the authors make the case for a national policy that puts diagnostic safety on the agenda, and drives real change to prevent errors before more patients are harmed.
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Over the past 15 years, Martin Fletcher has been part of transformational change in professional regulation through his tenure as Chief Executive of the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra). In this blog for the hub, Martin shares Australia's regulatory journey and reflects on the UK's more gradual path to reforming their legislative frameworks. He highlights both countries' shared common goals and the challenges faced along the way. He ends the blog with three priorities for future action: integrating professional regulation into system safety, better use of data to anticipate risk and embedding equity and cultural safety. Effective regulation is a cornerstone of safe, quality healthcare, regardless of the health profession or practice context. We all know that healthcare is changing rapidly and regulation of health professionals must evolve with it.[1] This means that adaptability and the ability to pivot are essential competencies for any professional regulator.[2] Establishing the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency Over the past fifteen years, I have been part of transformational change in professional regulation through my tenure as Chief Executive of the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra). In 2010, Australia launched the National Registration and Accreditation Scheme, consolidating 85 separate registration boards and 65 pieces of legislation into a single national regulatory scheme.[3] The goals were clear: to create national consistency, support workforce mobility, raise standards for public protection and promote greater integration between professional groups delivering health and care.[4] Through this reform, Ahpra was established to administer these national regulatory arrangements in partnership with 15 National Boards, which now cover over 930,000 health practitioners across 16 professions. The UK's path to reform Transformational change in professional regulation is rare and the UK has taken a more gradual path to reform. Over a number of years, UK regulators have called for action to modernise their legislative frameworks. In response, the UK government’s consultation on Regulating Healthcare Professionals, Protecting the Public underscored the need for faster, more flexible regulation that supports innovation while safeguarding safety.[5] Yet, legislative change has been much slower, sometimes taking years to come to fruition, and, unlike Australia, the UK continues to deliver professional regulation through 10 independent regulatory bodies with differing legislative frameworks. Regulatory work is highly situational and dependent on numerous stakeholders, at times with competing views of public interest.[6] And in both Australia and the UK, there is ongoing debate about the timeliness, responsiveness and proportionality of regulatory responses to fitness to practice concerns and the issues to consider in assessing the suitability of someone to be a registered health practitioner.[7] Common goals Despite differences in the pace of change and the structure of professional regulatory arrangements, both countries share common goals: protecting patients, supporting the professionalism and ethical conduct of practitioners, responding to public expectations, and ensuring regulation keeps pace with the changing health care landscape and responds to workforce needs. The Covid-19 pandemic exposed both the strengths and limitations of our regulatory systems. In both countries, regulators responded quickly—fast-tracking registration pathways, adjusting accreditation requirements and convening stakeholders to support a surge workforce. This demonstrated that regulation can be agile when safety is at stake. The crisis reinforced the importance of collaborative regulation—where professional oversight is part of a broader safety ecosystem. Connecting professional regulation with system-wide efforts Nonetheless, one of our shared challenges is better connecting professional regulation with system-wide efforts to improve patient safety. Traditionally, professional regulation has focused on the conduct, competence and performance of individual health practitioners. As I saw from my tenure as Chief Executive of the NHS National Patient Safety Agency, patient safety is shaped by a range of factors, including clinical governance, team dynamics, design of systems and processes, technology and organisational safety culture. The rapidly growing cosmetic practices sector illustrates these challenges vividly. In both Australia and the UK, reviews have shown that regulating practitioners alone isn’t enough.[8][9] Products, procedures, facilities, social media, information asymmetry and weak professional ethics all contribute to risk of harm to patients. Without coordinated action across agencies, patients remain vulnerable. More widely, the rise of entrepreneurial models of care, telehealth, unregulated medicines for sale online, social media and AI-driven diagnostics has introduced new risk profiles to which traditional regulatory frameworks and approaches to patient safety must adapt. These shifts demand new thinking around safety, accountability, transparency and equity. A way forward Let me suggest three priorities for future action: Integrate professional regulation into system safety: We must work more closely with service, product and system regulators, and improvement bodies. Shared goals and aligned actions are critical. When regulators operate in silos, we risk missing the bigger picture. At the same time, patient safety system advocates must give due recognition to the critical role of ethical, safety-conscious, competent and accountable health professionals at the frontline of care. Better use of data to anticipate risk: Ahpra and UK regulators hold vast datasets. By investing in analytics and research, we can shift from reactive to proactive regulation. Notifications and complaints are often lag indicators—we need to get ahead of emerging risks of harm, especially in the face of the many healthcare disruptors we face. Embed equity and cultural safety: Regulation must reflect the many communities we serve. That means listening to lived experience and addressing systemic barriers. In the Australian context, this has meant facing the ugly reality of racism in the healthcare system for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples. The naming of racism in the National Law, which underpins the regulatory arrangements in Australia, has been a powerful catalyst for action.[10] Undoubtedly, the UK faces similar challenges in addressing racism in a multicultural society.[11] Regulation is more than rules—it’s about trust, transparency and care. As Australia marks 15 years of national regulation and the UK continues its reform journey, it is essential to place patient safety at the heart of everything we do and close the gap between professional oversight and system-wide efforts to improve safety. References Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care. Reviewing right-touch regulation: discussion paper. London: PSA; March 2025. Institute of Regulation. Rapporteur report: annual conference of the Institute of Regulation 2025. London: Institute of Regulation; 2025. Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency. Annual Report 2009-10. Melbourne: Ahpra; 2010. Fletcher M. Reflections on 15 years of National Health Practitioner Regulation in Australia. Australian Health Review 2025; 49, AH25131. https://doi.org/10.1071/AH25131 Regulating healthcare professionals, protecting the public: consultation response - executive summary - GOV.UK Austin Z. Regulation of wicked problems: opportunities, responsibilities, and threats. J Med Regul. 2023;109(3):6–11. doi:10.30770/2572-1852-109.3.6 National Health Practitioner Ombudsman and Privacy Commissioner. Investigation into delay and procedural safeguards for practitioners who are subject to immediate action. Melbourne: NHPPC; June 2024. Brown A, Duggan A, Kirkland A, McCausland R. Independent review of the regulation of medical practitioners who perform cosmetic surgery: Final report. Melbourne: Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency; August 2022. The regulation of non-surgical cosmetic procedures in England - House of Commons Library Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency. Joint statement: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and cultural safety at heart of National Law changes Melbourne: AHPRA; October. Accessed 15 June 2025. Royal College of Nursing. RCN reports 55% rise in members facing racist abuse. 27 October 2025. -
Content ArticleThe Australian Commission has released four new resources to help health services address gaps and inconsistencies in care coordination and post-sepsis support for survivors, families, carers and those bereaved by sepsis. Developed for the Australian Commission as part of the National Sepsis Program, these resources aim to improve care delivery and ensure patients receive consistent, high-quality support throughout the sepsis journey. These resources include: Model of Care Framework – outlining the essential elements for effective sepsis care and follow-up support Business case – supporting investment in coordinated care and post-sepsis services Supporting information and implementation companion report – offering practical steps for applying the framework in different healthcare settings. An interactive tool has also been developed to help health services explore how these elements can be adapted for local settings. These resources align closely with the Sepsis Clinical Care Standard and particularly support the implementation Quality Statements 4 to 7.
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Content ArticlePaper reporting on a scoping review that sought to ‘synthesise and summarise existing evidence for implementing and evaluating Cultural Safety initiatives in Australian hospitals for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ with a view to identifying best practices. Based on 9 studies, the review identified 5 themes: Process of implementation. Process of evaluation. Change in health professional’s behaviour. Change in patient behaviour. Future recommendations. The authors conclude that ‘significant improvement is needed in adopting evidence-based and carefully considered approaches to implementing and evaluating Cultural Safety initiatives in hospital settings. Specifically, implementation should be underpinned by a validated theoretical framework and consider and address potential practical barriers in engaging health practitioners.’
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Content ArticleThe CovidD-19 pandemic challenged primary care to rapidly innovate. In response, the Western Victorian Primary Health Network (WVPHN) developed a Covid-19 online Community of Practice comprising general practitioners (GPs), practice nurses, pharmacists, aged care and disability workers, health administrators, public health experts, medical specialists, and consumers. This Experience Report describes the progress towards a durable organisational learning health system (LHS) model through the Covid-19 pandemic crisis and beyond. In March 2020, WVPHN commenced weekly Community of Practice sessions, adopting the Project ECHO (Extension of Community Health Outcomes) model for a virtual information-sharing network that aims to bring clinicians together to develop collective knowledge. The work was underpinned by the LHS framework proposed by Menear et al. and aligned with Kotter's eight-step change model. There were four key phases in the development of our LHS: build a Community of Practice; facilitate iterative change; develop supportive organisational infrastructure; and establish a sustainable, ongoing LHS. In total, the Community of Practice supported 83 unique Covid-19 ECHO sessions involving 3192 h of clinician participation and over 10 000 h of organisational commitment. Six larger sessions were run between March 2020 and September 2022 with 3192 attendances. New models of care and care pathways were codeveloped in sessions and network leaders contributed to the development of guidelines and policy advice. These innovations enabled WVPHN to lead the Australian state of Victoria on rates of COVID vaccine uptake and GP antiviral prescribing. The Covid-19 pandemic created a sense of urgency that helped stimulate a regional primary care-based Community of Practice and LHS. A robust theoretical framework and established change management theory supported the purposeful implementation of the LHS. Reflection on challenges and successes may provide insights to support the implementation of LHS models in other primary care settings.
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Content ArticleProfessor Peter Hibbert from the Australian Institute of Health Innovation reflects on how HSSIB contributes to improved patient safety, and their education offering and areas for improvement.
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Content ArticleThis status report by the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Healthcare looks at achievements against the recommendations in 'Medication without harm – WHO Global Patient Safety Challenge: Australia’s response'. The report examines data published to the end of June 2023 and published papers to the end of February 2024. It examines the impact of programs implemented to address the priority actions identified in the three WHO flagship areas: Monitoring polypharmacy and responding to inappropriate polypharmacy Reducing harm from high-risk medicines, with focus on insulin, opioid analgesics, anticoagulants and antipsychotics Improving medication safety at transitions of care.
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Content ArticleSafer Care Victoria, Australia, has released their first Victorian Safety Culture Guide (VSCG). The guide is intended to support healthcare leaders to measure and monitor their organisation’s safety culture. According to the SCV, the Guide: facilitates proactive measurement and monitoring to prevent harm and promote safer, continuously improving health care offers actionable strategies, practical approaches, and best practices for improving safety culture across all Victorian healthcare services allows leaders to make data-driven decisions to support the implementation of targeted changes to improve safety culture uses a variety of existing methods and approaches widely available in most Victorian health services.
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News ArticleTwo women who police allege practised as unregistered midwives have been charged with manslaughter after a baby died after a home birth on the New South Wales mid north coast. The women, aged 41 and 51, appeared in Coffs Harbour local court on Wednesday in relation to the newborn boy’s death in 2022. Emergency services were called to a home in Karangi, north-west of Coffs Harbour, when the baby was unresponsive after the home birth on 11 September 2022, NSW police said in a statement. Paramedics treated the baby before he was airlifted to Coffs Harbour base hospital where he died. Police allege the younger woman was an unregistered midwife at the time of the birth while the older woman held no medical qualifications and had been practising unregistered home-birth midwifery. Read full story Source: The Guardian, 13 March 2025
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News ArticleSensitive patient information has allegedly been leaked on the dark web after Genea, one of Australia’s leading IVF and fertility services providers, was hacked a fortnight ago. The attack was allegedly carried out by the Termite ransomware group, prompting Genea to obtain a court injunction on Wednesday that criminalises access to the breached patient data. In a statement, Genea said: “Our ongoing investigation has established that on the 26 of February, data taken from our systems appears to have been published externally by the threat actor.” “We understand that this development may be concerning for our patients for which we unreservedly apologise.” Sensitive information including contact details, Medicare card numbers, medical histories, test results and medications may have been compromised in the data breach, Genea said, and it was “working to understand precisely what data has been published”. Read full story Source: the Guardian, 26 February 2025
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EventJoin the webinar to find out how the community sector can implement the National Safety and Quality Mental Health Standards for Community Managed Organisations (NSQMHCMO Standards). The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care is releasing a range of practical resources to support CMO service providers, consumers and carers, and accrediting agencies to implement the NSQMHCMO Standards. Accreditation to the NSQMHCMO Standards begins 1 July 2024. Register now to find out about what the Standards mean for you and how you can prepare for the accreditation process. Register
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Community PostAbout 1000 angry nurses and doctors have rallied outside Perth Children’s Hospital in Australia following the death of seven-year-old Aishwarya Aswath, demanding vital improvements to the state’s struggling health system. The Australian Nurses Federation was joined by the Australian Medical Association for the rally, with staff from hospitals across Perth attending. Many people held signs that read “We care about Aishwarya”, “Listen to frontline staff”, “Report the executive — not us” and “Please don’t throw me under the bus”. Aishwarya developed a fever on Good Friday and was taken to Perth Children’s Hospital the next day, but had to wait about two hours in the emergency department before she received treatment. She died soon after from a bacterial infection. An internal report into the tragedy made 11 recommendations — including improvement to the triage process, a clear way for parents to escalate concerns and a review of cultural awareness for staff — but Aishwarya’s parents said the report raised more questions than it answered. The family wants a broader independent inquiry to look at all 21 near-misses in the past 15 months – not just their daughter’s case. Some people have been referred to medical authorities, while Child and Adolescent Health Service chair Debbie Karasinski resigned after the report.' I am encouraged to see the way healthcare staff reacted to this tragedy. Imagine a similar event in England, would nurses protest outside the hospital and stand up to authority like this? I doubt it very much, which is very sad reflection on the prevailing culture and health leadership in England. What do others think? Source: The Australian. 9 July 2021 Picture: Picture: 9 News
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Content ArticleThe Australian Disability Royal Commission was established in April 2019 in response to community concern about widespread reports of violence against, and the neglect, abuse and exploitation of, people with disability. These incidents might have happened recently or a long time ago. The Disability Royal Commission will investigate: preventing and better protecting people with disability from experiencing violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation. achieving best practice in reporting, investigating and responding to violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation of people with disability. promoting a more inclusive society that supports people with disability to be independent and live free from violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation. The Disability Royal Commission gathers information through research, public hearings, the personal experiences people tell us about and submissions, private sessions, and other forums. It will deliver a final report to the Australian Government by 29 September 2023. The Disability Royal Commission publishes progress reports at intervals of approximately six months. The reports are primarily intended to provide a brief account of the Royal Commission’s activities over the preceding half-year period. The Interim Report was published on 30 October 2020. It sets out what the Royal Commission has done in its first 15 months. The report says people with disability experience attitudinal, environmental, institutional and communication barriers to achieving inclusion within Australian society. It shows that a great deal needs to be done to ensure that the human rights of people with disability are respected and that Australia becomes a truly inclusive society. Private sessions factsheet: Over the course of the Royal Commission, almost 10,000 people shared their experience of violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation by making a submission or participating in a private session.
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Content ArticleIn Australia, as in many other countries, the harms caused by transvaginal mesh surgery have prompted individual and collective attempts to achieve redress. Media outlets covered aspects of the rise of mesh surgery as a procedure, the experience of mesh-affected women and the formal inquiries and legal actions that followed, The authors of this article in the journal Health Expectations conducted a media analysis of the ten most read Australian newspapers and online news media platforms, focusing on how mesh and the interaction of stakeholders in mesh stories were presented to the Australian public. They found that mass media reporting, combined with medicolegal action and an Australian Senate Inquiry, appears to have provided women with greater epistemic justice, with powerful actors considering their stories. They argue that although medical reporting is not recognised in the hierarchy of evidence embedded in the medical knowledge system, in this case, media reporting has contributed to shaping medical knowledge in significant ways.
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Australian doctor suspended amid investigation into woman’s death after abortion
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A doctor working at a women’s health clinic in Melbourne has been suspended as a regulator revealed it was aware of concerns about other practitioners there. The facility’s boss claims it is a “witch hunt”. It follows the death of 30-year-old mother Harjit Kaur, who died in January at the Hampton Park Women’s Clinic after what was described as a “minor procedure”. It was later identified as a pregnancy termination. The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra) has confirmed Dr Rudolph Lopes’ registration had been suspended but did not reveal the reason behind the decision. His registration details show he was reprimanded in 2021 for failing to respond to the regulator’s inquiries. “[The regulator] has received a range of concerns about a number of practitioners associated with the Hampton Park Women’s Clinic,” Ahpra said in a statement. “[The regulator] has established a specialist team to lead a co-ordinated examination of these issues which involve multiple practitioners across a number of professions and across a number of practice locations.” Ahpra chief executive, Martin Fletcher, said he was “gravely concerned by the picture that is emerging.” “We have taken strong action to protect the public while our investigations continue,” Fletcher said. “National boards stand ready to take any further regulatory action needed to keep patients safe. “While the coroner continues to examine the tragic death of a patient, our inquiries are focusing on a wider range of issues that our investigations bring to light.” Read more Source: The Guardian, 15 March 2024 -
EventuntilTe Ngāpara Centre for Restorative Practice invites you to attend the virtual symposium Restorative Health Systems: Healing, learning, and improving after harm. This free event is being held in association with the Health Quality & Safety Commission in Aotearoa New Zealand. The symposium will provide a virtual space for knowledge sharing and exchange among the growing international community of clinicians, researchers, consumers, investigators policymakers, and practitioners working in health settings. We aim to share what is happening globally in this emerging field and to reflect on the future of restorative initiatives in the health system context. The symposium will incorporate a series of different sessions, including interactive dialogues with international critical thinkers and advocates, presentations on key issues relevant for the field and research relating to restorative initiatives. View the programme (PDF) This is the first of a symposium series as part of the Te Ngāpara Centre for Restorative Practice’s commitment to supporting the development of restorative knowledge. The symposium will take place on Zoom on Wednesday 29 March, 8am - 12pm (NZDT) 0600 Australia (AEDT) 2000 London UK (BST) 1200 Vancouver (PDT) 1500 Montréal (EDT) Register for the symposium
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EventWe live in a world marked by massive global changes, moving us rapidly into rather unprecedented and unknown directions. It has never been so vital for us to understand the interactions among humans and other system elements. This necessitates the creation and adoption of theories, principles, data, and methods of design, as well as new capabilities, technologies, skills, procedures, policies, strategies to find new ways of engaging with a rapidly changing world and optimise wellbeing and performance. Find out more at the Human Factors & Ergonomics Society of Australia (HFESA) virtual conference. Register
