Public hearings provide an opportunity to publicly examine how and why abuse occurred in State and faith-based care. Source: AAP Royal Commission resumes hearings. The Royal Commission invited 100 of the largest aged care providers, including Anglicare, to assist the Inquiry by answering a detailed Service Provider Survey which we submitted in early January. The Royal Commission concluded its Sydney Hearings on 17 May and … Victorian health department officials directed aged care staff tested for coronavirus to keep working until they got their results back, a health union boss told the aged care royal commission. The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety has announced the first public hearings in Adelaide will run from next Monday 11 February to Wednesday 13 February and from Monday 18 February to Friday 22 February, and cover: “the concerns of advocacy bodies relating to the current state of the aged care system Final commission hearings raise hope for better aged care. The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety will resume hearings in July this year, after they were suspended in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic. TWO and half years of hearings before the Royal Commission into Aged Care have exposed shocking stories of neglect and abuse inside Australia’s residential aged care facilities – but perhaps the most shocking detail was left for last. In a statement, the royal commission said the decision would affect all hearings, workshops and group consultations until at least the end of May 2020. The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety began mid-January 2019, with the final report due on 26 February 2021. It is a landmark inquiry for Australian residential and in-home aged care; an opportunity to get to the heart of the problems facing the sector and a once-in-a-lifetime chance to put in place real reforms to transform aged care services. Last month, in the final hearing to the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality & Safety, the Senior Counsel Assisting, Peter Gray QC and Peter Rozen QC, presented submissions on behalf of the Counsel Assisting team. Hearing 2 will run from Monday 10 August to Thursday 13 August 2020. Aged care minister Richard Colbeck says the government will accept all recommendations of the aged care royal commission, who today issued a special report into Covid-19. Hearing 3 will commence the afternoon of Thursday 13 August and conclude on Friday 14 August 2020. The former Federal Court judge died on Friday, the royal commission announced on … On Monday evening, Aged Care Minister Richard Colbeck said the government was "going beyond" the recommendations of the royal commission, … The Royal Commission into Aged Care continued for another full week in Sydney. Last week, the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety (Royal Commission) held its Darwin hearings from 8-12 July. It inquired into younger people in residential aged care, with a focus on impact, drivers and appropriateness of allocation policy as well as how to best support young people wishing to leave residential aged care. Aged Care minister Richard Colbeck said the government looked forward to receiving the commission’s final report. The aged care royal commission has cancelled all hearings until at least the end of May due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Commonwealth appears to be missing in action. The Honourable Richard Tracey AM RFD QC and Ms Lynelle Briggs AO were appointed as Royal Commissioners. Regional locations for public hearings and the timetable of capital city hearings for the aged care royal commission have not been finalised. The royal commission says despite hearings being suspended commissioners and staff have continued to work on research and policy development behind the scenes. Aged care royal commission chairman Richard Tracey, QC, has died. The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety will resume hearings next month after a break to protect hearing participants and staff during the initial stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. https://bit.ly/34hIIXu The commissioners on Friday announced they had suspended all hearings and workshops, as well as group consultations.