ACEM acknowledges the commitment from the Western Australian Government for additional beds and staffing at the Perth Children’s Hospital.
The Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM; the College) is calling for greater cooperation and coordination between state/territory and federal governments to fix the acute hospital access crisis placing patients at risk across Australia.
he Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM; the College) is calling for the South Australian Government to offer genuine and systemic improvements to address the state’s acute hospital access crisis.
The Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM; the College) is concerned ‘GP-type patients’ are once again being blamed for crowding in Queensland hospital emergency departments (EDs) while the root systemic causes contributing to ED crowding and hospital access block remain un-addressed.
The Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM) has prepared and delivered a briefing document to Aotearoa New Zealand’s new Minister of Health and other senior government figures.
A major new report examining Australia’s mental healthcare crisis has provided a comprehensive set of recommendations and reforms to help improve care for members of the community seeking mental health support, and address unsustainable pressures on hospital emergency departments.
Bearing witness to events occurring in the USA – symptoms of systemic racism, violence and power structures built up over years, decades and centuries – is cause to reflect on, examine and educate ourselves on white privilege and our roles in the systems and structures which allow inequities to occur.
The Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM) is urging the Tasmanian Government and health authorities to develop a state-wide strategy to ensure hospital emergency departments (EDs) are safe for patients, and to relieve the chronic overcrowding, long waits and ambulance ramping that continue to plague the state’s health service...
Last night’s Four Corners investigation into healthcare failures highlights the need for major investments and measures to secure whole-of-hospital and system improvements to better care for patients, says the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM).
We see the worst of what can happen to people at their most traumatised and saddest times. The suicide toll is the tip of the iceberg with countless more acute presentations daily following self harm, overdose or other crises, between 2 and 20% of ED presentations can have mental health components.