Complaint Resolution Too Slow: Patients, Doctors

Complaint resolution too slow: patients, doctors
Complaints against health professionals under Australia's new national regulation system are taking years to process, leaving patients aggrieved and practitioners in turmoil for long periods of time. … at Southern Health, which includes Monash … Read more on The Age

Mums hurt babies with alcohol: study
An Australian study says that women who have been hospitalised with mental or behavioural disorders related to drugs or alcohol are up to four times more likely to have a low-birth weight baby. Researchers explored data on 1107 first-time mothers and … Read more on The Australian

There for society's helpless victim
Most women want to do the best for their baby and know certain substances won't be good, so they try their hardest to cut down, but sometimes their ability to do that is impaired because it's a dependence, an illness – MIDWIFE MARION WRIGHT. … In an … Read more on Geelong Advertiser