(Source: NSW Health Care Complaints Commission) 09 Dec 2016 The Health Care Complaints Commission prosecuted a complaint in relation to Dr Reader, a general practitioner working in skin cancer care, before the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal ('Tribunal'). The complaint alleged unsatisfactory professional conduct and professional misconduct concerning Dr Reader's treatment of nine patients who had adverse outcomes after treatment for skin...
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Dr Jeremy Reader – Professional misconduct and impairment (NSW Health Care Complaints Commission)
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Dr Jawahar Thomas - Professional Misconduct found by the New South Wales Civil and Administrative Tribunal (NSW Health Care Complaints Commission)
(Source: NSW Health Care Complaints Commission) 26 June 2015 The Health Care Complaints Commission prosecuted Dr Jawahar Thomas, a general practitioner, before the New South Wales Civil and Administrative Tribunal. The complaint alleged unsatisfactory professional conduct and professional misconduct concerning Dr Thomas's prescribing of drugs of addiction and restricted substances, as well as his clinical record keeping,...
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Dr Astor-Finn – Registration Cancelled (NSW Health Care Complaints Commission)
(Source: NSW Health Care Complaints Commission) 20 June 2016 The Health Care Complaints Commission prosecuted a complaint against Dr Robert Astor-Finn, a registered medical practitioner, at a hearing before the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal ('Tribunal') on 4 April 2016. It was alleged that Dr...
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Mr Seth Talmadge - Psychologist - Disqualified for 5 years and prohibition order imposed (NSW ...
(Source: NSW Health Care Complaints Commission) 12 February 2016 The NSW Health Care Complaints Commission prosecuted Mr Seth Talmadge, a former psychologist, before the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal (NCAT) alleging that he engaged in unsatisfactory professional conduct and professional misconduct. The complaint alleged that Mr Talmadge became involved in a personal and sexual relationship with a patient who had a Dissociative Identity Disorder and complex presentation, including gender identity issues. This involved him moving into the patient's home and later taking a lease on a property in which they both...
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Joanne Senior, Psychologist – Finding of professional misconduct and unsatisfactory professional conduct (NSW Health Care Complaints Commission)
(Source: NSW Health Care Complaints Commission) 29 May 2015 The Health Care Complaints Commission prosecuted Joanne Senior, a former psychologist, before the New South Wales Civil & Administrative Tribunal. The prosecution concerned Ms Senior's failure to maintain professional boundaries during her employment at Parklea Correctional Centre, part of Corrective Services NSW. It was alleged that between June 2011 and January 2012, Ms Senior engaged in an inappropriate personal and sexual relationship including making and...
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Updated media release - Shaheen Qasim - appeal dismissed by Court of Appeal (NSW Health ...
(Source: NSW Health Care Complaints Commission) 29 September 2015 The Health Care Complaints Commission prosecuted Dr Shaheen Qasim, an endocrinologist, before the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal. The prosecution concerned Dr Qasim's conduct whilst working at the Forster Specialist Clinic in 2009 and 2010. It was alleged that Dr Qasim had written letters...
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Mr Darryl Dewar – finding of unsatisfactory professional misconduct and professional misconduct (NSW Health Care Complaints Commission)
(Source: NSW Health Care Complaints Commission) 26 November 2014 The Health Care Complaints Commission prosecuted Mr Darryl Dewar, a former registered psychologist, before the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal. The prosecution related to Mr Dewar's failure to observe proper professional boundaries towards a patient. The Commission...
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Dr Matthew Rixon – restrictions on medical practice and health conditions imposed (NSW Health Care Complaints Commission)
(Source: NSW Health Care Complaints Commission) 1 March 2016 The NSW Health Care Complaints Commission prosecuted Dr Matthew Rixon, a medical practitioner, before the NSW Civil & Administrative Tribunal (NCAT) alleging that he engaged in professional misconduct. Since 2012 Dr Rixon has been subject to a number of health conditions requested by AHPRA. Dr Rixon's was suspended from practice on 15 April 2014...
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UDPATED MEDIA RELEASE - Dr Julie Epstein - Reprimanded and Conditions imposed by Tribunal (NSW Health Care Complaints Commission)
(Source: NSW Health Care Complaints Commission) 22 April 2015 The Health Care Complaints Commission prosecuted Dr Julie Epstein, a general physician, before the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal. The prosecution concerned Dr Epstein's conduct as a solo practitioner at Moore Park for the period 2007 - 2009. The Complaint against Dr Epstein alleged that she prescribed hormones, steroids and other drugs to forty patients where there was no proper indication for the prescribing...
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John Michael Patrick Ashford - unsatisfactory professional conduct, professional misconduct, impairment and not a suitable person (NSW Health Care Complaints Commission)
(Source: NSW Health Care Complaints Commission) 20 March 2015 The Health Care Complaints Commission prosecuted John Michael Patrick Ashford, a former registered nurse, before the New South Wales Civil & Administrative Tribunal. The prosecution concerned Mr Ashford's conduct during his employment at St George Hospital in February 2013 when he took nine Oxycontin tablets for his own...
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James Chau – Pharmacist – finding of unsatisfactory professional conduct and mentoring condition imposed (NSW Health Care Complaints Commission)
(Source: NSW Health Care Complaints Commission) 9 April 2015 The Health Care Complaints Commission prosecuted Mr James Chau before the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal (NCAT) concerning his conduct as a pharmacist. The complaint concerned Mr Chau's failure to account for a large quantity of pseudoephedrine-based products during the period February to...
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Dr Aamer Sultan - Unsatisfactory professional conduct
7 Apr 2017 The Commission prosecuted a complaint before the New South Wales Civil and Administrative Tribunal ('Tribunal') against Dr Aamer Sultan, a medical practitioner who was working as a locum at Shoalhaven District Memorial Hospital, mainly in the Accident and Emergency Department (AED). He was first registered as a medical practitioner in Australia in 2005, having previously practised overseas after his graduation in 1992 until 1999. The conduct involved the practitioner visiting a female patient on a ward, whom he had treated on a number of past...
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Updated Media release - Thembekile Mnyandu – Reinstatement application granted with conditions (NSW Health Care Complaints Commission)
(Source: NSW Health Care Complaints Commission) 8 May 2015 The Health Care Complaints Commission prosecuted Ms Thembekile Mnyandu, a registered nurse, before the Nurses and Midwives Tribunal. The Commission alleged that Ms Mnyandu: inappropriately disclosed personal information to an elderly inpatient of the Psychiatric Unit of Sutherland Hospital accepted two cheques for...
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Mr Steven Ngo, pharmacist, unsatisfactory professional conduct proven (NSW Health Care Complaints Commission)
(Source: NSW Health Care Complaints Commission) 17 December 2015 The Health Care Complaints Commission prosecuted Mr Steven Ngo, a pharmacist practising in Penrith, before the New South Wales Civil and Administrative Tribunal (NCAT). Mr Ngo was presented with a large number of prescriptions for Oxycontin between June and September 2013 which were said to be from the same prescriber but which were later found to be forged. The prescriptions were presented by the same persons for numerous patients who were said to be carers for refugees...
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Dr BXD - findings of unsatisfactory professional conduct and professional misconduct (NSW Health Care Complaints ...
(Source: NSW Health Care Complaints Commission) 17 December 2015 The Health Care Complaints Commission prosecuted Dr BXD, a medical practitioner, before the NSW Civil & Administrative Tribunal ('NCAT'). The complaint alleged unsatisfactory professional conduct and professional misconduct. The Complaint against Dr BXD included allegations that she: prescribed medication, including Schedule 4D drugs, to family members failed to inform her daughter's treating practitioners (including a treating...
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UPDATED MEDIA RELEASE - Mr Darryl Dewar – finding of unsatisfactory professional misconduct and professional misconduct (NSW Health Care Complaints Commission)
(Source: NSW Health Care Complaints Commission) 1 April 2015 The Health Care Complaints Commission prosecuted Mr Darryl Dewar, a former registered psychologist, before the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal. The prosecution related to Mr Dewar's failure to observe proper professional boundaries towards a patient. The Commission alleged that Mr Dewar: asked the patient to massage his sore neck asked the patient to sit...
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Mr Geoffrey Mitchell - professional misconduct and not a suitable person (NSW Health Care Complaints ...
(Source: NSW Health Care Complaints Commission) 18 December 2015 The Health Care Complaints Commission prosecuted Mr Geoffrey Mitchell, a psychologist, before the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal ('NCAT'). The complaints alleged that Mr Mitchell breached conditions on...
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Dr Rahul Suri – finding of unsatisfactory professional conduct and professional misconduct (NSW Health Care Complaints Commission)
(Source: NSW Health Care Complaints Commission) 16 May 2016 The NSW Health Care Complaints Commission prosecuted Dr Rahul Suri, a registered medical practitioner, before the New South Wales Civil and Administrative Tribunal ('Tribunal'). At the time of the conduct alleged in the complaint, Dr Suri was a general practitioner in sole practice in...
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Dr Ferdinand Saldevar - professional misconduct proved (NSW Health Care Complaints Commission)
(Source: NSW Health Care Complaints Commission) 21 September 2015 The Health Care Complaints Commission prosecuted Dr Ferdinand Saldevar, a general practitioner practising at Wagga Wagga, before the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal (NCAT). The complaint alleged that Dr Saldevar prescribed Schedule 8 drugs of addiction to patients:...
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Mr Dammen Akhurst – cancellation of registration as a nurse (NSW Health Care Complaints Commission)
(Source: NSW Health Care Complaints Commission) 30 May 2016 The Health Care Complaints Commission prosecuted Mr Dammen Akhurst, a registered nurse, before the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal. The Tribunal found that Mr Akhurst had tampered with infusions of fentanyl (a drug of addiction) to two...
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