Gabriel Fowler

The system is at a turning point, says out-of-home-care review.

Evidence of malnutrition, and unexplained bruising.

'Riding for the Disabled' should have had two sidewalkers

Request for 'full and unrestricted access' to Newcastle pool reports denied

NSW Advocate for Children and Young People urges immediate action

One in three home care service providers fail to meet standards

Some are spending less than $6 per resident per day on fresh food

A POLICE raid on the Hunter Community Environment Centre is being challenged in the Supreme Court as unlawful and invalid. Police from Strike Force Tuohy swooped on the Parry Street, Hamilton North address on a Friday afternoon in November, 2021, following anti-coal protests by Blockade Australia, At the time, activists said the protests were not conducted by the HCEC, but by other separate groups within the climate movement. Newcastle City Police formed Strike Force Tuohy to prevent and disrupt…

MISTAKES, mismanagement and other medical mishaps in the Hunter New England region have cost an average half a million dollars across 20 different injury types. The highest average payment of $2.4 million went to patients with nursing care-related claims in the three years to the end of 2022. The data, obtained exclusively by the Newcastle Herald, includes details of 209 medical negligence claims finalised during that time. The top three largest average payout figures were categorised variously…

WALLSEND Aged Care Facility, operated by the NSW Ministry of Health through Hunter New England Health District, has received a compliance notice for failing all of eight standards. The failures include the use of restrictive practices - chemical restraint as well as physical restraints and seclusion, outside of legislative guidelines. Staff were “routinely using unauthorised restrictive practices”, an Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission site audit report says. The advice of a wound speciali…