20 Dec 2023
Nurse's registration suspended for sexual harassment of four colleagues
A male nurse who sexually harassed four female colleagues has been reprimanded and suspended from practising by a tribunal for eight months.
14 Dec 2023
WA ophthalmologist disqualified for two years for inappropriate sexual behaviour
A Western Australian medical practitioner has been reprimanded and disqualified from applying for registration for two years for professional misconduct.
14 Dec 2023
Fake ‘integrative medicine’ nurse convicted
A Gold Coast woman who falsely claimed that she was a registered nurse to a business partner and a stakeholder, was today convicted after pleading guilty in the Magistrates’ Court of Queensland.
11 Dec 2023
Former Oakden manager banned from nursing for 10 years
A former manager of the Oakden Older Persons Mental Health Facility has been disqualified from nursing for a decade.
08 Dec 2023
Tribunal suspends nurse’s registration for misleading regulators and improperly issuing a prescription
A tribunal has suspended a nurse’s registration for nine months after she improperly issued a prescription using a medical practitioner’s name, allowed herself to be held out as a nurse practitioner on her practice website
07 Dec 2023
Ahpra statement in response to the Kruk Review final report
The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra) welcomes the findings of the Kruk Review into health practitioner regulatory settings and looks forward to examining the reform opportunities identified in the final report.
07 Dec 2023
Enrolled nurse is disqualified from applying for registration and prohibited from providing certain health services for five years
A tribunal has disqualified an enrolled nurse from applying for registration for five years and ordered a concurrent prohibition to provide certain health services after he used unnecessary force towards an elderly patient.
05 Dec 2023
South Australian nurse disqualified for two years for violent behaviour
A South Australian tribunal has found a nurse who grabbed a patient by the hair, guilty of professional misconduct and disqualified him from re-registration for two years.
04 Dec 2023
Tribunal reprimands and cancels nurse/midwife's registration after her conviction for child exploitation offences
A Western Australian nurse/midwife convicted of child exploitation offences has been reprimanded by a tribunal, had her registration cancelled and been disqualified from applying for registration for five years.
01 Dec 2023
Nurse convicted and jailed for insurance fraud reprimanded by tribunal for professional misconduct
A tribunal has reprimanded a nurse for professional misconduct after she was convicted and jailed for insurance fraud.