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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;
The policies and procedures of the NSW Health Care Complaints Commission, the Medical Council of NSW, the Royal North Shore Hospital, Northern Sydney Local Health District, New South Wales Ministry of Health and the Royal Children's Hospital, Victoria to allegations of child sexual abuse in private medical practices and public hospitals. 28
In 2000, Singapore was ranked 6th in the World Health Organization's ranking of the world's health systems. [1] Bloomberg ranked Singapore's healthcare system the most efficient in the world in 2014. [2] The Economist Intelligence Unit placed Singapore 2nd out of 166 countries for health-care outcomes. [3]
The New South Wales Ministry of Health, branded NSW Health, is a ministerial department of the New South Wales Government. NSW Health supports the executive and statutory roles of the Ministers for Health, Regional Health, Mental Health, and Medical Research. The Ministry also monitors the performance of the state-wide health organisations that ...
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.
The functions and responsibilities of the Secretary for NSW Health are defined per section 122 of the NSW Health Services Act 1997. [3] These are: (a) to facilitate the achievement and maintenance of adequate standards of patient care within public hospitals and in relation to other services provided by the public health system,
The office was reconstituted as a fully independent "Department of Public Health" headed by the Minister (titled Minister for Health since 1930) in 1938. [8] The department existed until its abolition in 1972 with the passing of the Health Commission Act 1972 which created the "Health Commission of New South Wales" headed by the minister. [9]
The Garling Report (formally titled the Final Report of the Special Commission of Inquiry into Acute Care Services in NSW Public Hospitals) is a 2008 report prepared by the office of the Australian Commissioner Peter Garling, SC [1] [2] following a series of high-profile medical mishaps in the New South Wales public hospital system.