The peak body for emergency medicine in Australia notes today’s announcement that a Shorten Labor Government will commit $15 million to develop the National Health and Climate Centre at the University of New South Wales.
At last week’s Winter Symposium in Rotorua, New Zealand, FACEM Dr Clare Skinner shared her personal journey in emergency medicine and what she has relied on to not just survive but thrive. These are her words.
The peak body for emergency medicine in Australia is building a coalition of health professionals, consumers and their advocates to call on Federal, state and territory governments to act urgently to improve timely access to mental health care.
The peak body for emergency medicine in Australia says patients waiting for extended times in the emergency department because there aren’t inpatient beds should never be considered acceptable.
You could say Associate Professor David Caldicott is a straight shooter, and he could not have been more direct when asked on national television earlier this year about the current discussion over pill testing.
The peak body for emergency medicine in Australia says while it welcomes Bill Shorten’s promise an ALP government would invest $500 million emergency departments, the key is to make sure the money is spent where it is needed most.
More than 300 emergency doctors from around New Zealand, Australia and beyond enjoyed four days of workshops, discussions, keynote addresses and plenaries, and social and networking opportunities at ACEM’s 2019 Winter Symposium.
The Medevac law is Commonwealth legislation which deals specifically with the medical transfer of refugees and people seeking asylum from offshore processing to Australia.
ACEM will launch its strategy for excellence in emergency care for Māori at this week’s Winter Symposium.
The peak body for emergency medicine in Australia says solutions to fix a struggling Victorian public hospital system need to be more sophisticated than just focusing on time-based targets.