An interesting recent development with the potential to increase the damages for which negligent health professionals (and so their medical indemnity insurers and medical defence organisations) will be liable, is the apparently growing trend by our WA public hospitals of classifying patients as “compensable.” This then permits (or at least it is claimed to permit)
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The Costs of Medical Tourism
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I noticed with interest and some concern, recent media attention (see for example and a Herald Sun story in mid-May) concerning the number of Australians travelling to Asia to undergo cosmetic surgery. According to a recent report, this may be 15,000 patients a year.
Concerns have arisen at the costs then borne by Medicare for…
Case Review: 10 important medical cases since Jan 16
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I today presented a paper at conference providing a review of 10 recent Australian medical law cases since January 2016, which I found interesting.
Cases reviewed were: Coote, Bigg, Morocz, Westcott, Martin, Pierce, Sorbello, McManus and Stefanyszyn and Wright.
Although only a single Judge decision, I particularly noted the WA District Court Judge Sweeney’s decision…