The Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM; the College) welcomes the respective announcements by the Victorian (VIC) and New South Wales (NSW) state governments of policies and investments aimed at supporting healthcare workers.
The Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM; the College) welcomes the release of the final report of the Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System.
The Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM; the College) welcomes today’s significant mental healthcare announcement by the Victorian Government.
The Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM; the College) acknowledges the significant investment in healthcare contained in the Australian federal budget, as the country continues to contend with the COVID-19 pandemic and the fallout from it.
The national peak bodies for psychiatrists and emergency physicians have joined forces to call on the South Australian Government to find a systemic solution to the significant waiting periods experienced by people presenting to emergency departments across Adelaide.
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.
A disturbing media report of a mental health patient’s experience being restrained in hospital is further evidence of major systemic failings in mental healthcare in South Australia and Australia and the need for urgent reforms, says the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM).
The Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM) welcomes today’s announcement by the Victorian Government of additional crisis funding for the state’s mental healthcare system, as the severe impacts of the coronavirus pandemic continue to be felt.
The Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM) welcomes renewed attention on the systemic failures in the treatment of mental health patients at the Royal Adelaide Hospital (RAH) and is hopeful that the Chief Psychiatrist’s intervention finally results in state-wide improvements emergency doctors have long been calling for.
The Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM) has welcomed a strong focus on mental health from Australian governments amid concerns over the mounting and compounding toll of COVID-19.