NEWS HR
October 3, 2018
An Auckland doctor has been fined $10,000 and ordered to pay costs of $145,000 for mixing medicines he should not have, and giving inappropriate dietary advice. Dr Joseph Williams, of Mt Wellington, was found by the Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal to have prescribed a mixture of a potent steroid and an antifungal cream to 12 patients. The tribunal was concerned the doctor mixed the two medicines without proper analysis of the consequences and adequate formal research. “A further major factor was that the doctor in many cases prescribed the mixture in the face of concerns being expressed to him by other professionals whose views he should have respected and taken into account,” the tribunal said in a summary of the case. The tribunal also found Williams provided dietary advice outside accepted medical practice. As well as being fined and made to pay costs, Williams, who is a GP with a special interest in the treatment of eczema, was censured and conditions imposed on his practice. He appealed the tribunal’s decision last year to the High Court and lost.
October 2, 2018
The International Consortium for Health Outcomes Measurement (ICHOM) says that physician-entrepreneur Dr Neil Bacon has been appointed as its new President and CEO.
October 1, 2018
Steve Greenbaum, CEO of ComForCare has been appointed to the Board of Directors of the Home Care Association of America (HCAOA).
October 1, 2018
Virtus Health has appointed Shane Solomon to its Board as a Non-Executive Director. He was previously Group Chief Executive Officer at Mercy Health and Aged Care Victoria.
October 1, 2018
A former teacher who confessed to indecently assaulting an 11-year-old boy wants a clean slate so he can work in aged care. The Kiwi man, who is in his 50s, has applied for his historical offending to be hidden under the Criminal Records (Clean Slate) Act 2004 so he can embark on a new career. Today, the High Court at Auckland heard the man, whose identity is suppressed, had indecently assaulted a boy in 1986. A decade later he was convicted following a confession. Judge Lawrence Irwin Hinton declined the man’s application in the District Court. The law allows a person, in some circumstances, to withhold information from the public about their criminal convictions. Justice Mathew Downs heard the man’s appeal today. “Would you employ a person with a history for sexual offending?” Justice Downs asked. “The instinctive response is no.” The man’s lawyer, Dr Roderick Mulgan, argued if his client was not granted a clean slate “word would be all over the city” once he applied to work in the aged care industry.
September 27, 2018
Wellingtonian Judge Bill Hastings has been appointed as member and chair of the Broadcasting Standards Authority (BSA), the Minister of Broadcasting, Communications and Digital Media Hon Kris Faafoi announced today. Lawyer Susie Staley of Dunedin also joins the board. Susie Staley, a partner in Staley Cardoza Lawyers, also brings extensive governance experience. She has chaired Maritime New Zealand and is currently chair for Save the Children NZ and retirement village operator Chatsford Management Ltd.
September 26, 2018
Primary care advocate John Ayling, a health sector veteran of almost 50 years, has finally retired, saying, “It has been a great ride.
September 25, 2018
Mainstay Medical International plc, a medical device company focused on commercializing ReActiv8®, an implantable restorative neurostimulation system designed to treat an underlying cause of disabling Chronic Low Back Pain, today announces that Dr Manus Rogan has decided to step down as a Non-Executive Director of the Company with immediate effect.
