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  • Telehealth guidance for practitioners

    Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency
    act in accordance with the standards set out in your professions’ Code of conduct or equivalent including expectations about confidentiality and privacy, informed consent,…
    Date published 20 December 2023
    www.ahpra.gov.au/Resources/Telehealth-guidance-for-practitioners.aspx
  • Cosmetic procedures in the spotlight one year on from surgery review

    Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency
    The planned overhauls are likely to place a stronger emphasis on informed consent and pre-procedure consultation, including a patient suitability assessment. ... The doctor…
    Date published 5 September 2023
    www.ahpra.gov.au/News/2023-09-05-Cosmetics-procedures-crackdown.aspx
  • Notifications

    Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency
    The patient’s health had deteriorated while they were waiting for care and should have been assessed as a more urgent case. ... They gave consent for Ahpra to speak with the
    Date published 9 November 2023
    www.ahpra.gov.au/Publications/Annual-reports/Annual-report-2023/Notifications.aspx
  • Managing health records

    Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency
    Maintaining clear and accurate health records is essential for the continuing good care of patients. ... It is important to document informed consent for treatment,…
    Date published 20 December 2023
    www.ahpra.gov.au/Resources/Managing-health-records.aspx
  • Patients better protected under new cosmetic surgery reforms

    Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency
    The Board does not expect GPs to have a detailed knowledge of cosmetic procedures or to seek the patient’s informed consent for cosmetic procedures they are not personally…
    Date published 3 April 2023
    www.ahpra.gov.au/News/2023-04-03-cos-surgery-update.aspx
  • Improving health practice

    Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency
    This collaboration facilitates effective and collaborative care, supports good interprofessional practice, and helps to simplify regulation. ... poor complaints handling.…
    Date published 9 November 2023
    www.ahpra.gov.au/Publications/Annual-reports/Annual-report-2023/Improving-health-practice.aspx
  • Checklist for practitioners handling feedback and complaints

    Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency
    This can leave people feeling less confident about the care they have received and not in control of their health. ... Regularly review policies on feedback and complaints…
    Date published 20 December 2023
    www.ahpra.gov.au/Resources/Checklist-for-practitioners-handling-feedback-and-complaints.aspx
  • Medical practitioner reprimanded and suspended for professional misconduct involving inappropriate prescribing

    Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency
    failed to obtain properly informed consent. prescribed the medication inappropriately. maintained inadequate clinical records. ... This explanation did not address the
    Date published 12 April 2023
    www.ahpra.gov.au/News/2023-04-12-Practitioner-reprimanded-for-inappropriate-prescribing.aspx
  • Former psychologist reprimanded, disqualified from applying for registration and prohibited from providing health services

    Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency
    failure to maintain adequate clinical records. inappropriate physical contact and/or failure to obtain or record adequate or appropriate informed consent, and. ... was…
    Date published 20 December 2023
    www.ahpra.gov.au/News/2023-12-120-Psychologist-reprimanded-for-nonevidence-based-treatments.aspx
  • Fact sheet on injectables

    Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency
    They must also explain the possible risks and seek your informed consent. ... Are they registered and authorised to prescribe the medicines used in the procedure?
    Date published 25 August 2023
    www.ahpra.gov.au/Resources/Cosmetic-surgery-hub/Information-for-the-public/Thinking-about-cosmetic...
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