Junior doctors launch class action claiming systemic underpayment by public hospitals
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MarMarch 2021 at 10:36pm
An AMA Victoria survey last year found junior doctors were working an average of 16 hours overtime a week.
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Legal action has begun on behalf of junior doctors, who say they have been deliberately underpaid after working overtime in Victoria s public health system.
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Legal action has been filed against Peninsula Health for alleged underpayment of overtime
Lawyers say they are planning to bring other class actions against services in the public system
Some doctors say they are afraid to raise concerns for fear of upsetting their superiors
Hospital celebrates first COVID jabs
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FRONTLINE workers at Frankston Hospital have begun to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.
Peninsula Health staff began to receive their first vaccine doses on 3 March. Nurse Vanessa Nolan said “it went absolutely fine, barely felt a thing.”
“It was a really simple and seamless process. I sat in the chair, signed a consent form, got the vaccination, sat down for about 15 minutes or so and then back off to work,” she said. “I’ve seen the effects of the virus on people and their families. I’m just doing my part to get vaccinated, not just to protect myself and my family from infection, but everyone else in the entire community.