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Deputy health and disability commissioner Dr Vanessa Caldwell makes adverse comment regarding care provided to a consumer by a medical centre - 21HDC01146
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Deputy health and disability commissioner Dr Vanessa Caldwell makes adverse comment regarding care provided to a consumer by a medical centre - 21HDC01146
Monday 20 November 2023, 03:07 PM

Deputy health and disability commissioner makes adverse comment regarding a medical centre's care to a consumer - 21HDC01146
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Deputy health and disability commissioner Dr Vanessa Caldwell makes an adverse comment about the medical centre investigated in the report but does not find the medical centre breached the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code).
What does an adverse comment mean?
An adverse comment is referred to in section 67 of the HDC Act as: "any comment that is adverse to any person". Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994, section 67 Adverse comment.