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26 October 2025
Gillick and Marion's case
Gillick competence is a key legal concept that helps doctors determine when a young person can make their own medical decisions. This video explains where the term came from, how it developed through landmark UK and Australian cases including Marion’s Case, and what it means in practice when assessing a child’s capacity to consent to treatment.
24 October 2025
'Privacy for practices: Medico-legal' webinar
15 October 2025
Separated parents
In this series of podcasts we discuss common questions we receive at Avant on the issues that arise when treating children whose parents are separated.
08 October 2025
Plastic surgeon reprimanded over surgical incident and poor documentation
A surgeon’s clinical error of judgement was compounded by documentation errors, leading to allegations they had attempted to conceal the error and questions about professional integrity.
07 October 2025
Privacy and cyber security for medical practitioners – post measuring outcome activity
This is an optional Measuring Outcomes activity for doctors who have completed Privacy and cyber security for medical practitioners (RACGP Activity #1338338).
07 October 2025
Claims insights: cardiothoracic surgeons
What are the main issues driving cardiothoracic surgeon members' compensation claims and complaints? Find out the underlying themes and insights to reduce your risk of these types of claims and complaints, in our analysis.
07 October 2025
Harsh penalties for unauthorised access to medical records
06 October 2025
Misdiagnosis in discharge summary did not change patient’s outcome
An ED discharge summary misdiagnosed a shoulder dislocation as a subluxation, and doctors failed to recommend orthopaedic review. The court agreed these were errors, but found the patient could not prove earlier referral or surgery would have led to a better outcome.