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Safe Patient Care Act amendments delayed again

ANMF (Vic Branch) met with the Victorian Health Minister Mary-Anne Thomas in August to follow up on, amongst other things, amendments to the Safe Patient Care Act that the state government committed to ahead of the 2022 Victorian election. These include improvements to postnatal, emergency department, coronary care ratios and the introduction of intensive care ratios.

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Legislation

Safe Patient Care Act amendments delayed again

Your updated Professional Indemnity Insurance certificate

Regulation of restrictive interventions in EDs, UCCs to change from April

Allan Government betrays nurses and midwives with WorkCover deal

ANMF fights unfair WorkCover changes

Ask Maddy: the Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022

New guides for requesting reasonable adjustment and flexible work arrangements

Privacy and confidentiality can lead to thorny issues for graduates

More ratio improvements coming in 2023

Mental Health and Wellbeing Bill passed

Improving medication management in residential aged care

Superannuation is increasing, and covering more people

Who should administer s.4 and s.8 medications in residential aged care?

Victorian mental health royal commission update

Coronial investigations and requests – updated

Ratio improvement timeline – 2019-2023

Fiona Patten introduces Bill to decriminalise drug use and possession

Time to check occupied birthing suites

Ratios set to improve in 2022

Accessing medical records: the do’s and don’ts

Not your patient, not your business

Backwards step: casual employment redefined

Family law and family violence

What to do if police want to speak with you

Sexual harassment in the workplace – public comment now open