Access Block

Access block is the single most serious issue facing health systems in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand.

Access block is the single most serious issue facing health systems in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand.

ACEM is committed to working with governments, hospitals and health systems to find solutions to access block using data-driven analysis and with a focus on appropriate system resourcing

There is a good body of evidence in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand that access measures can improve access block in emergency departments, including policy and research work undertaken directly by the College and its members

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ACEM’s State of Emergency report presents the numbers behind the crisis in the acute health system and provides careful analysis of concrete data gathered from each of Australia’s states and territories.