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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.

22 Mar 2021

Wellbeing Award Winner: Jamie Burrows

FACEM trainee Jamie Burrows is the individual winner of the ACEM Wellbeing Award, an accolade that celebrates wellbeing initiatives by groups, individuals and whole emergency departments

17 Mar 2021

ACEM statement: COVID-19 support for Papua New Guinea

The Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM; the College) has welcomed the Australian Government’s commitment to provide support to Papua New Guinea (PNG) in response to the country’s escalating COVID-19 situation.

12 Mar 2021

ACEM congratulates Western Australia’s re-elected McGowan government

The Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM; the College) congratulates Premier Mark McGowan on his government’s re-election in Western Australia.

09 Mar 2021

‘GP-type’ patients must not be blamed for hospital access block

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.