The president of the AFL Doctors Association fears that clubs will struggle to attract medical staff due to the prospect club doctors will face legal action for doing their jobs.
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Two class actions have also been lodged separately, with Geelong’s Max Rooke being the lead plaintiff in one lodged by Margalit Injury Lawyers.
Concussion advocate Peter Jess has argued the stand-down period should be a minimum of 28 days and that the AFL’s concussion management should be measured on reducing concussion. He argues for rapid point-of-care diagnostics, increased treatment and rehabilitation programs as well as a biomedical and brain-scanning system to constantly monitor the structural and functional integrity of the brain.
The AFL is also awaiting recommendations from the sixth International Consensus Conference on Concussion in Sport that was held in Amsterdam in October. A senate inquiry into concussions and repeated head trauma in sports is underway with a report due on June 21, 2023.
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