Rachel Siewert (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I, and also on behalf of Senator Xenophon, move:

That the following matter be referred to the Community Affairs References Committee for inquiry and report by 10 May 2017:

Inquiry into the complaints mechanism administered under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law, with particular reference to:

(a) the implementation of the current complaints system under the National Law, including the role of the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Authority (AHPRA) and the National Boards;

(b) whether the existing regulatory framework, established by the National Law, contains adequate provision for addressing medical complaints;

(c) the roles of AHPRA, the National Boards and professional organisations, such as the various Colleges, in addressing concerns within the medical profession with the complaints process;

(d) the adequacy of the relationships between those bodies responsible for handling complaints;

(e) whether amendments to the National Law, in relation to the complaints handling process, are required; and

(f) other improvements that could assist in a fairer, quicker and more effective medical complaints process.

Question agreed to.