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19 May 2021

ACEM statement on Perth Children’s Hospital investigations

The Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM; the College) is warning against rushing to blame individuals and urging focus on fixing the dangerous whole of healthcare system issues risking patient safety in the aftermath of recent tragic events at the Perth Children’s Hospital.

17 May 2021

National coordination urged to address acute hospital access crisis

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.

14 May 2021

ACEM statement - response to Australian federal budget

The Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM; the College) acknowledges significant commitments towards healthcare contained in this year’s Australian federal budget.

12 May 2021

SA Govt yet to offer genuine solutions to acute hospital access crisis

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.

11 May 2021

ACEM response to Queensland Government health funding announcement

The Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM; the College) acknowledges today’s commitment from the Queensland Government in response to the state’s acute hospital access crisis.

03 May 2021

ACEM congratulates the 2020.2 OSCE Buchanan Prize winners

The 2020.2 Buchanan Prize has been jointly awarded to Andrew Murphy and Robert Browning (Cohort 1) and Megan Wilson (Cohort 2). ACEM congratulates the winners and speaks to them about their success.

03 May 2021

FACEM Andy Tagg appointed to Wellbeing Advisory Group

19 Apr 2021

Joint Statement – calling for urgent release of Professor Maw Maw Oo

We, the undersigned and the organisations we represent, are united in calling for the safe and unconditional release of the President of the Myanmar Emergency Medicine Society, Professor Maw Maw Oo, following his arrest and detention on Monday 12 April 2021.

16 Apr 2021

Tasmanian election: Whole-of-system focus needed to fix healthcare

The Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM; the College) is calling for parties contesting the Tasmanian election to provide genuine vision, plans and system-wide solutions to fix the state’s broken healthcare system.

08 Apr 2021

“South Australians deserve better”: mental health system must be fixed

The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) and Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM) have called on the South Australian Government to get their house in order and get real about mental health.