Category: Duty of Care

The Novel Coronavirus has now been declared as a notifiable condition in all States and Territories in Australia, placing notification requirements on doctors, nurses, hospitals and laboratories for suspected cases.

Recommendations of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse have been implemented in Tasmania, creating new requirements for reporting suspected child abuse.

Following the Royal Commissions into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, the ACT has introduced several amendments to the mandatory reporting and reportable conduct schemes to enhance the protection of children from abuse.

The Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act (NSW) has been amended to, among other things, impose mandatory reporting requirements on certain education and care services in relation to children at risk.

In this case the Supreme Court of New South Wales held that a hospital was not liable in negligence for the partial amputation of a child's thumb because the course of treatment embarked on by the hospital was consistent with the peer ...

The ACT Supreme Court held that a public hospital was liable in negligence for knowingly admitting a dangerous patient to a shared ward and exposing another patient to harm.