1999
ACCORDING DUE WEIGHT
Report to the State Coroner of Victoria and Victoria Attorney-General
Authors Isaac Hermann and Lorraine Long
NSW PARLIAMENT INQUIRY INTO NEW SOUTH WALES HEALTH CARE COMPLAINTS COMMISSION (HCCC)
Submission November 1999: NSW Legislative Council
2000
MEDICAL ADVERSE EVENTS AND THE CORONIAL EXPERIENCE OF FAMILIES
Author Lorraine Long
Report to State Coroners of VIC, NSW, SA, WA
CORONIAL SYSTEMS AUSTRALIA-WIDE AND THEIR BENEFITS
Author Lorraine Long
Report to Standing Committee of Attorneys-General
THE IMPORTANCE OF THE NATIONAL CORONERS INFORMATION SYSTEM [NCIS] AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SPECIALIST “MEDICALS” MODULE
Author Lorraine Long
MEDICAL ADVERSE EVENT DEATHS: THE DATA
Author Lorraine Long
THE AGED AND MEDICAL ADVERSE EVENTS: A PARADOX OF CARE
Author Lorraine Long
MEDICAL ADVERSE EVENTS AND FAMILIES
Author Lorraine Long
Written for the Australian Council for Safety and Quality in Health Care
Report to Federal Minister for Family and Community Services
Report to Federal Minister for Health and Aged Care
MEDICAL ADVERSE EVENTS AND ACCESS TO JUSTICE
Author Lorraine Long
Written for the Australian Council for Safety and Quality in Health Care
Report to Federal Minister for Family and Community Services
Report to Federal Minister for Health and Aged Care
QUEENSLAND DRAFT CORONERS BILL 2000
Author Lorraine Long
Submission December 2000: QLD Attorney-General
2001
MEDICAL INDEMNITY: WHAT ABOUT THE FAMILIES?
Author Lorraine Long
MEDICAL BOARDS, NATIONAL STANDARDS, TORT LAW & MEDICAL REFORM
Author Bruce Findlay
INQUIRY INTO MATTERS ARISING FROM THE POST MORTEM AND ANATOMICAL EXAMINATION PRACTICES OF THE NSW INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC MEDICINE
Author Lorraine Long
Submission May 2001: NSW Attorney-General
MEDICAL ADVERSE EVENTS AND DEATH CERTIFICATES: THEY DON’T ADD UP
Author Lorraine Long
How causes of death are covered-up and death stats rigged
2002
INHOSPITABLE HOSPITALS: HOW THEY PERFORM
Logging 9,139 errors involving 224 hospitals over 36 months
Top 40 error-prone hospitals and 40 neglectful nursing homes
THE “ROLLER COASTER” DEATH AND INJURY FIGURES
Author Lorraine Long
Fanciful figures for the medical error dead and injured are generated by health bureaucrats and no one challenges the discrepancies. The August 2001 figures may inadvertently slow the patient safety movement by suggesting the problem isn’t so bad after all.
A RESCUE PACKAGE FOR PATIENTS TO AVOID LITIGATION
Author Lorraine Long
Submission #1 February 2002: “Medical Indemnity Crisis”
Report to Federal Minister for Health and Aged Care
Report to the Prime Minister, all Ministers for Health, Australian Medical Association
Submission to Treasury: “Review of the Law of Negligence”
A RESCUE PACKAGE FOR PATIENTS, DOCTORS, HOSPITALS AND GOVERNMENT TO AVOID LITIGATION
Author Lorraine Long
Report to the Prime Minister, all Ministers for Health, Australian Medical Association
Discussed with Tony Jones on ABC Lateline with guest Lorraine Long
Alternative suggested in medIcal negligence cases (link to Lateline finished)
Report to Treasury and Federal Minister for Revenue and Assistant Treasurer
Submission #2 May 2002: “Medical Indemnity Crisis”
Prime Minister’s Medical Indemnity Task Force
Submission #3 August 2002: “Medical Indemnity Crisis”
To Treasury “Review of the Law of Negligence”
2003
AUSTRALIAN HOSPITALS: MONITORING THEIR PERFORMANCE
Author Lorraine Long
Logging 2,989 errors involving 211 hospitals over 12 months
National ranking 50 error-prone hospitals 2004
2004
AUSTRALIAN SENATE: INQUIRY INTO HEPATITIS C AND BLOOD SUPPLY IN AUSTRALIA
Author Lorraine Long
Submission 23 January 2004: Australian Senate
INHOSPITABLE HOSPITALS: THE BLACK LIST
Logging 1,638 errors at the top 40 error-prone hospitals
NSW PARLIAMENT INQUIRY INTO COMPLAINTS HANDLING PROCEDURES IN NSW HEALTH
Submission March 2004: NSW Legislative Council
Complaint handling within NSW Health
NSW SPECIAL COMMISSION OF INQUIRY INTO CAMPBELLTOWN AND CAMDEN HOSPITALS
Author Lorraine Long
Submission June 2004: Commissioner Bret Walker SC (NSW)
UNDER-PERFORMING NURSING HOMES
Author Lorraine Long
Listing 85 nursing homes for third world care
2005
VICTORIA LAW REFORM CORONERS’ ACT 1985 DISCUSSION PAPER
Author Lorraine Long
Submission May 2005: Victoria Parliament
MEAG Submission Coroners’ Act Discussion Paper
BUNDABERG HOSPITAL COMMISSION OF INQUIRY, QUEENSLAND
Assistance May June July 2005: Commissioner Anthony Morris QC
