Angela Wood

Angela Wood

Areas of expertise:

Health care law, Aged care law, Privacy and FOI laws, disability and community services, corporate governance

Academic Qualifications:

  • BA (Hons 1), University of Sydney
  • LLB (Hons 1), University of Sydney
  • LLM, University of Sydney

Biography:

Angela has specialist experience in the health, aged care and retirement village sectors of the healthcare industry as well as in the disability and community services sectors. Her clients include a range of public, private and not-for-profit healthcare providers throughout Australia. Angela also has expertise in the higher education and vocational education and training sectors.

Angela has acted on a number of negotiated transactions as well as advising on corporate governance, regulatory issues, privacy, contracting and outsourcing of management and services, and risk management. Angela also has extensive experience in advising on and developing policies and procedures and conducting training in key areas of law including privacy, capacity and consent, and medication management. She has also acted for education providers advising on their regulatory framework.

Angela is currently a committee member of the Northern Sydney Local Health District Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC) and Macquarie University, Health Sciences HREC. Before practising law, Angela had experience in the health and community services sector as a practising psychologist.

Prior to joining Maddocks, Angela practised at Ashurst.

Angela is recognised by Doyle’s Guide2018 as a leading lawyer for Health & Aged Care and in the area of Corporate/M&A by Chambers Asia Pacific and in the areas of Health & Aged Care Law and Retirement Living and Senior Living Law by Best Lawyers Australia 2018.

Awards & Recognition

Angela is recognised by Doyle’s Guide 2018 as a leading lawyer for Health & Aged Care and in the area of Corporate/M&A by Chambers Asia Pacific and in the areas of Health & Aged Care Law and Retirement Living and Senior Living Law by Best Lawyers Australia 2018.

Speaking Engagements

LawSense presentations:

  • July 2018: Law for Mental Health Practitioners Outlining Best Practice Clinical Note Taking and Record Keeping to Address Legal Issues and Risks
  • August 2018 Law for Aged Care Managers Understanding and Managing Your Privacy and Confidentiality Obligations, Managing Data Storage and Complying with The Mandatory Data Breach Scheme

Professional Organisations & Memberships

Solicitor Law Society of NSW

Registered psychologist (non-practising)

Professional Contact

Maddocks Lawyers level 27 123 Pitt Street Sydney NSW 2000

Tel: +61 2 9291 6298

Email: angela.wood@maddocks.com.au