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The HCCC works closely with the health professional councils in NSW when handling complaints to ensure the best possible protection of the public health and safety. The Health Care Complaints Act 1993 (NSW) defines the scope of the HCCC's work, which is to: [1] receive and assess complaints relating to health service providers in NSW;
Barbara O'Neill (born 28 July 1953 [1]) is an Australian alternative health care promoter who advertises unsupported health practices described as misinformation and a risk to health and safety by the New South Wales Health Care Complaints Commission. [2] [1] She does not have any recognised qualifications and did not finish nursing training.
Graeme Stephen Reeves (born 1949) is a deregistered former gynecologist and obstetrician from New South Wales, Australia, dubbed the Butcher of Bega in the press. Reeves was deregistered in 2004 for performing obstetric procedures at Pambula and Bega hospitals despite being banned from obstetrics, and in September 2008 was charged in relation to alleged sexual and indecent assaults and genital ...
This omission was seen by the then newly appointed NSW Health Minister Morris Iemma as a failure of the Health Care Complaints Commission to discharge its statutory duties, leading him to sack the South West Sydney Area Health Services Board (which was responsible for supervising the management of the Camden and Campbelltown Hospitals) and the ...
The complaint, which was supported by the group Australian Skeptics, said that the organisation was in breach of the Health Care Complaints Act because it made "unsubstantiated health claims based on 'conspiracy theories', pseudo-scientific evidence and debunked research." The complaint was also supported by Australian entrepreneur Dick Smith ...
The majority of health spending went on hospitals (40%) and primary health care (34%). Health spending accounted for 10% of overall economic activity. [6] [7] State and territory governments (through agencies such as Queensland Health) regulate and administer the major elements of healthcare such as doctors, public hospitals and ambulance services.
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The Commonwealth Ombudsman in Australia was established in 1977. [1] The Ombudsman can investigate complaints from people who believe they have been treated unfairly or unreasonably by an Australian Government department / agency or prescribed private sector organisation, including Australia Post, Centrelink, Child Support and the Department of Immigration and Border Protection.