Regulations aimed at ensuring the safety of remote nurses in South Australia have been overturned after being criticised by nurses and the family of murdered outback nurse Gayle Woodford.The reforms were in response to the murder of remote area nurse Gayle Woodford in 2016It means Health Ministerto develop new regulations for unscheduled or after-hours call-outs for nurses in remote areas.
Gayle's Law — named after nurse Gayle Woodford, who was murdered in the remote APY Lands in 2016 when she responded to someone calling for help — came into effect in July.The regulationsSA Best, Labor and the Greens last night voted together to disallow the regulations.
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