Surgeons, unionists agree to lift ban
NZPA-AAP Canberra Orthopaedic surgeons and trade unionists in the Australian Capital Territory have agreed to lift bans against each other which, among other things, would have prevented the burial of doctors and the processing of workers’ compensation claims. A peace plan was developed at a meeting of the parties yesterday with the Health Minister, Dr Neal Blewett, and the Employment and Industrial Relations Minister, Mr Ralph Willis. At the centre of the dispute were bans, placed on extensions to the John James Memorial Hospital in Canberra in retaliation for surgeons withdrawing all but one fracture clinic from the A.C.T.’s three public hospitals. The A.C.T. Trades and Labour Council secretary, Charles McDonald, had expressed concern at what was seen as a concerted attack on the Hawke Government’s Medicare scheme. When the Arbitration Commissioner decided last week not to recommend a lifting of the bans on the private hospital, orthopaedic surgeons decided to cease providing sickness certificates and reports to lawyers representing injured workers.
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Press, 14 August 1984, Page 10
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