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For more than 20 years, Australians have turned to botox when unwanted wrinkles begin to emerge.

It’s widely seen as a harmless way to look younger without surgery. 

Until recently botox and other cosmetic fillers have gone largely unchecked, so why have regulators decided to crackdown now?

Today, we speak to a long-time botox user and a health law expert about why we need to rethink what we’re injecting. 

Featured: 

Alison Rice, former botox user

Dr Christopher Rudge, law lecturer at the University of Sydney

Megan Shorter from People Medical Consulting joins me to discuss IMG GP recruitment.

Megan founded People Medical Consulting in 2014 and has over ten years of GP Recruitment experience. 

In this episode, we discuss some of the challenges that IMG doctors face on their journey to working as a GP in Australia. We mostly talk about the standard pathway and what clinics need to know before trying to recruit an IMG, and how they can support them to thrive in their new role.

We also talk about the Health Workforce Locator, which I have linked for you here:
https://www.health.gov.au/resources/apps-and-tools/health-workforce-locator/app

If you need help, People Medical Consulting has a short blog with further info, which you can find here:
https://www.peoplemedical.com.au/how-to-check-the-health-workforce-locator/

If you would like to speak to People Medical Consulting, you can contact them on the below details:
Landline: 07 3503 1444
Email: help@peoplemedical.com.au

Thank you for listening!

What recommendations does the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability make in its final report to the federal government? And, in a legal first, a South Australian woman has been sent to jail for impersonating a registered health practitioner. 

A unique perspective to establish common ground between the Health Regulators and the practitioner under investigation is the basis for this episode. It builds on the previous episode of why Health Regulators need to be trained in Suicide Prevention and how Doctors and Nurses and Allied Health are an ultra high risk group when a notification happens.

In this episode, Manaan shares how the practitioner considers the Health Regulator to be the problem where as the Health Regulators consider themselves to be the solution. These positions are incredibly divergent and the interests are different too, but at the needs level the doctors or the nurse wants to be a doctor or a nurse again and the health regulators role is to help them be one and practice safely in the long run. There is common ground to be found but the role of the health regulator in an investigation needs to be clearly articulated. 

Connect with Assoc Prof Manaan Kar Ray at https://www.linkedin.com/in/drmanaankarray/
Follow us on www.progress.guide

This special installment of the Nursing Australia podcast dives inside the courtroom and discusses the legal implications for health professionals in Australia and abroad, hosted by Matthew St Ledger  

Nursing & the law: how to protect yourself (02:15) 

Special guest Nurse & Lawyer Niki Eastwood joins the show to help navigate the legal landscape in Australian healthcare.

Next time on Nursing Australia (28:10) 

Handy links: 

Get your APNA Conference Roadshow tickets 

APNA Professional Indemnity Insurance (for Australian Nurses & Midwives)  

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CREDITS:  

Episode Producer: Leith Alexander 

Host: Matthew St Ledger RN   

 Nurse on Trial: Reckless Homicide or Honest Mistake? Audio courtesy of: Inside Edition & CBS interactive Inc. 

SoundFX courtesy of Adobe 

DISCLAIMER: Any opinions expressed are those held by the speaker based on industry experience, and are not representative of any organisation or profession, nor should be considered as such.

Hosted by: Matthew St Ledger & Mitch Wall
Produced by: Leith Alexander & Matthew St Ledger

Joiner's model of desire and capability is used to explain the high risk period that health practitioners face when they have had a notification to AHPRA (any health regulator for that matter). Manaan explains the training that is on offer for health regulators in this episode.

We also take the opportunity to welcome listeners from the English Schools Foundation in Hong Kong as we start a 12 month journey to support 22 schools embellish their suicide prevention pathway through skills training for school counsellors, Principals, Heads of Years and Teachers. 

Connect with Assoc Prof Manaan Kar Ray at https://www.linkedin.com/in/drmanaankarray/
Follow us on www.progress.guide

Next time on Nursing Australia:  Dive inside the courtroom and discover the legal implications for health professionals in Australia and abroad, with nurse and lawyer Niki Eastwood. OUT MONDAY AUGUST 15 2022

Episode Producer: Leith Alexander
Hosted by: Matthew St Ledger


Handy links: 

Get your APNA Conference Roadshow tickets 

APNA Nursing jobs board  

Subscribe to The Connect (our weekly newsletter) 

Hosted by: Matthew St Ledger & Mitch Wall
Produced by: Leith Alexander & Matthew St Ledger