Pandemic practicalities
Live webinar held on 8 April 2020
You can watch the webinar’s recording here. Written answers to questions that we didn’t have time to cover during the live session are here.
Visit MDA National’s COVID-19 information hub for up-to-date advice and resources, including FAQs on your medico-legal responsibilities during a pandemic. For additional resources, explore the links below.
Obligations to patients
- AMA ‘COVID-19 transmission and Personal Protective Equipment’
- University of Sydney – ethics of resource allocating in response to COVID-19
- Rogers & Carter, Macquarie University & University of Wollongong – ethics of allocating ventilators and beds during the pandemic
- AHPRA code of conduct
- MDA National sickness certificate info & resources
- MDA National ‘Coronavirus medical clearance certificates’
- MDA National ‘Ending the doctor–patient relationship'
Obligations to staff
- The Treasury ‘JobKeeper payment’
- FairWork Ombudsman – stand down and workplace laws
- Department of Health AHPCC advice to National Cabinet
- news.com.au – managing staff/sick leave
Telehealth
- MDA National ‘Telehealth toolkit’
- Department of Health – ‘Advice for people at risk of coronavirus’
- ACRRM – risk management – video conferencing software for consultation
- RACGP – video consultations guide
- Department of Health fact sheets – new temporary MBS telehealth services
- The University of Queensland, Centre for Online Health telehealth resources
- MDA National – recording consultations 'Hey doc, I'm recording this consultation' and 'Recording consultations: Is this the future?'
