Mohammad’s story

Mohammad raised concerns with our office about the Board’s decision to take no further action following a notification he had made about a health practitioner’s conduct. Mohammad, who was a health practitioner, said the Board had not appropriately considered his concerns in the context of his claim that he had suffered harm as a result of making the notification. Mohammad was concerned that the Board had not considered all the information provided and had not communicated effectively.

We opened an investigation into this matter. We raised concerns with Ahpra that it had not given appropriate regard to the issue Mohammad described about harassment. Our office had previously provided comments to Ahpra, which were accepted, about the need to ensure adequate protections for notifiers and to appropriately manage allegations of bullying, harassment and assault as a result of a person making a notification.

Following our investigation, Ahpra advised Mohammad that changes had been made in how they manage concerns related to alleged harassment. Based on this, Ahpra arranged for the Board to reconsider Mohammad’s concerns and contacted him to discuss this further.