Weekend media reports of incidents at Dubbo and Taree hospitals show the need for government action on disproportionate funding and outcomes in regional NSW hospitals to deliver a fairer health…
Hunter health and aged care lawyer, Catherine Henry, has taken out a top honour at the prestigious Australian Law Awards held on Friday (August 7) night. The principal of Newcastle-based…
The specialist health and medical law firm representing 65 victims of disgraced cosmetic surgeon, Dr Leslie Blackstock, is testing new reforms to medical indemnity laws to help its clients and…
The Australian Government needs to do much more than extend the Office of the National Rural Health Commissioner to tackle the disproportionately greater number of poor health outcomes experienced by…
The tragic number of deaths at Newmarch House exposes all that is wrong with Australia’s residential aged care system and why the Australian government needs to undertake urgent reform to…
The COVID-19 pandemic is demonstrating the importance and usefulness of advance care directives (ACDs) – sometimes referred to “living wills”. We have been talking about ACDs for years but, as…
Two new major reports for the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety by Flinders University researchers show that Australia is lagging well behind other overseas countries when it…
Leading health and medical lawyer Catherine Henry and her firm have both been recognised in the prestigious Doyles Guide lists of NSW’s top medical negligence and malpractice compensation lawyers and…
The Aged Care Act 1997 needs to be rewritten to improve safety and quality in aged care says the Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA) ahead of the release of the preliminary…
The founder and Principal of Catherine Henry Lawyers has been named as a finalist in the Newcastle Business Club Awards. Catherine Henry joins Ian Jones, Ian Tresidder, Jennifer Parkes and…
The Australian Institute of Family Studies has release a paper Elder abuse: key issues and emerging evidence. The paper provides an overview of elder abuse in Australia. It discusses key…
The return of Liberal/National party governments at both state and federal level in recent elections has undoubtedly set back the cause of abortion reform - an issue that the vast…
This week’s Federal Budget did little for older Hunter people, particularly the growing number of vulnerable people needing aged care at home or in facilities. Our politicians all say older…
Hunter-based law firm, Catherine Henry Lawyers, is one of the first organisations in Australia to use a new, first of its kind, tool-kit designed to help the nation’s lawyers better…
To mark International Women’s Day (March 8) a Newcastle and Hunter law firm has launched a new, free, e-resource to help women navigate the legal system. The team at Catherine…
Two lawyers from a Hunter based law firm, Catherine Henry Lawyers, have made the list of NSW’s top 16 medical negligence plaintiff lawyers. The firm’s principal, Catherine Henry, and senior…
World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (June 15) shines a spotlight on increasing financial abuse. Local elder law expert calls on Governments to take faster action to prevent it A local…
A leading Hunter law firm says local people are under utilising such as advance care directives and enduring power of attorney documents which means they and their families are not…
Newcastle-based lawyer and Australian expert in aged care and health law, Catherine Henry, has criticised the Federal Government’s latest aged care policy announcement. The government this week announced that from…
BUDGET REACTION: FAILURE TO TACKLE KEY ISSUES FOR AGED CARE RESIDENTS – NO MANDATED STAFF RATIOS A leading Australian elder care lawyer from Hunter based firm, Catherine Henry Lawyers, says…
Too many people living in regional New South Wales are reluctant to seek answers from their health professionals after a bad medical result for fear of “rocking the boat” in…