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Philip Leonhard Trudinger

02 Aug. 2022


The Health Ombudsman took immediate registration action by imposing conditions on the registration of Philip Leonhard Trudinger, effective 2 August 2022.

Details of Philip Leonhard Trudinger's registration, including the full list of imposed conditions, can be viewed on the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency website.

The conditions imposed include the requirement that Philip Leonard Trudinger must:

  • not have contact with female patients under 18 years of age.
  • take all reasonable steps to ensure female patients under the age of 18, or their parent or guardian, are told at the time of wanting to book an appointment with the practitioner that they cannot. The practitioner must not provide this information to patients personally.
  • not practise as a registered psychologist unless mentored by another registered psychologist (the mentor) approved by the Health Ombudsman.
  • only practise as a registered health practitioner in employment and at practice location/s approved by the Health Ombudsman.


In accordance with section 62(2) of the Health Ombudsman Act 2013 (the Act), the Health Ombudsman’s decision will continue to have effect until:

  • the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal sets the decision aside
    or
  • the Health Ombudsman removes the conditions imposed on Philip Leonhard Trudinger's registration under section 65 of the Act.