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We’ve been working in the area of trying to find the best doctors and avoid those who are not the best for nearly 8 years, and have lost count of the number of times we’ve mentioned that we’ve never found … Continue reading

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The health care system in NSW/Australia 7, Maurice Blackburn Lawyers 1

It seems that anyone who criticises a doctor in Australia, even one who is unnecessarily killing people, is in for a pretty bad time – at least, according to the claims of Ms Toni Hoffman, the nurse who, for two … Continue reading

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There are two ways in which doctors can avoid being accountable for what they do and say. The first is to refuse to provide you with copies of your health records and information. There is a law which says they … Continue reading

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We couldn’t stop bursting out laughing aloud when we saw this! We had written to Ms Jillian Skinner, the NSW Minister for Health, asking how we went about getting copies of the health records and information to which we were … Continue reading

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What do you do next if you’ve been taking the smart drug Modafinil for 3 or 4 years, a drug that has been described as the “crown prince of smart drugs,” for years, and you consult an $800 an hour … Continue reading

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Inch by inch the world is changing. On 27 Feb 2015, we sent a letter by email to Ms Jillian Skinner, the NSW Minister for Health, asking what the waiting time was to have a particular operation in a NSW … Continue reading

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In the last 15-20 years the whole world has been changed by how developments in technology have changed the means of communication. It’s been changed the most in how it’s so easy to find out what people and organisations are … Continue reading

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When a complaint was lodged with the NSW Privacy Commissioner, Dr Elizabeth Coombs, that Dr Andrew Brooks, Urologist, had, for six months, ignored requests emailed to him by one of his patients for copies of his health records and information … Continue reading

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