Denise Bowen

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Published January 2019. Reviewed September 2021 (next review due January 2022)

The governance of public hospitals raises a unique set of issues for parties on both sides of medical treatment liability claims. What to do when a claimant is also an active patient in the public health system? How to request medical documents? And how do common law and the Civil Liability Act defences interact in the most recent cases? Some of these points are canvassed in this practical session for lawyers acting for and against public health facilities in WA.

Solicitor, HBA Legal

Denise has four decades’ experience supporting the health and aged care sector as a nurse, charge nurse, midwife, health administrator and now as a solicitor with HBA Legal.

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Denise has worked within the public health sector including as the Manager Mediation and Legal Support Services at the Child & Adolescent Health Service and Women & Newborn Health Service. She has extensive experience in the management of civil claims, FOI requests, coronial matters, and refusal of treatment matters, as well as significant experience in the management of catastrophic injuries claims and with alternative dispute resolution in metropolitan and regional WA. She is an accredited mediator. Denise has a lifelong commitment to professional education and continuous improvement, and since her Diploma of Nursing she has also completed a Masters and a Post Graduate Diploma in Health Administration, a Certificate in Health Economics, a Bachelor of Applied Science, and a Juris Doctor from Notre Dame University. She was admitted to legal practice in 2010 and actively supports the professional education of others through the delivery of tailored training on clinical and legal topics.