Doctors plan to fight the national expansion of NSW laws that force them to dob in colleagues whom they suspect pose a risk to patients.

The AMA and Federal Government have both put strong emphasis on the need for informed financial consent for private patients. Difficulties arise when this information cannot be given prior to admission. Emergency admissions and obstetric anaesthesia are cases in point.

What a terrible year it has been for investors. What a shocking month. What an awful week. Chris Caton, Chief Economist at BT says that he doesn’t anticipate a worse week in the rest of his working life!

Kerry Hogan-Ross, a partner in DLA Philips Fox, looks at the good news in the application of the modified Bolam test in a psychiatric case.