Health and Aged Care News Update - Blake Dawson Waldron Lawyers

In this Update:

  • Conduct of surgeons allegedly anti-competitive.
  • New disclosure requirements for contracts with NSW government agencies
  • Qualified privilege for ACT clinical privileges committees
  • RACGP seeks to expand scope of ACCC authorisation
  • High Court to consider derivative crown immunity under the Trade Practices Act
  • New reporting & planning requirements for Queensland retirement villages
  • Separation from birth: emergency medical treatment of infants.
  • New procedures for adducing expert evidence in NSW .
  • Loss of chance for failure to diagnose
  • Ownership of medical records within medical practices
  • Revisiting the law of termination of pregnancy
  • Regulating unregistered health practitioners in NSW
  • Health Quality Standards developed in Queensland
  • Proposed NSW mental health reforms
  • Broader health cover: Government introduces private health insurance reforms
  • Access card implementation gaining momentum

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