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20 Mar 2022

ACEM congratulates SA Labor on 2022 state election win

The Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM; the College) congratulates Peter Malinauskas and the South Australian Labor Party on their win at the 2022 South Australian state election.

18 Mar 2022

National Close the Gap Day highlights much more to be done

During the week of National Closing the Gap Day, the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM; the College) reaffirms its commitment to closing the gap in health outcomes, in partnership with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

15 Mar 2022

ACEM responds to a misleading comment in The Age

The Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM) wish to correct a misleading comment written by Matthew Guy and published in The Age on the 14th of March.

11 Mar 2022

EDs in flood areas operational, planning for future disasters needed

The peak bodies for emergency nursing and emergency medicine report that emergency departments across flood-affected regions of New South Wales and Queensland are functioning and encourage people to present for emergency care if needed.

10 Mar 2022

Mental health announcement comes up short, mental health experts say

Australia’s peak bodies for psychiatry and emergency medicine have welcomed the the SA Liberals’ announcement of four new adult mental health treatment centres if re-elected, but say that urgent investment is still needed for people who require admission for mental health problems.

09 Mar 2022

President Dr Clare Skinner’s address on International Women’s Day 2022

Today is International Women’s Day. The theme this year is ‘break the bias’. I have been asked to speak with you about what it means to me. However, I always feel a bit uncomfortable about International Women’s Day.

28 Feb 2022

ACEM warns floods are impacting health system

ACEM warns that the floods in Queensland and New South Wales are having significant impacts on the healthcare system and urges people needing acute medical care to not put themselves in danger by travelling through floodwaters to seek care, but to stay in place, call 000 and utilise whatever medical resources are available.

24 Feb 2022

ICEM 2022 launches LMIC Delegate Subsidisation Scheme

ACEM is pleased to announce that global participation at the 21st International Conference of Emergency Medicine (ICEM) will be expanded, with the launch of the low-and middle-income country (LMIC) Delegate Subsidisation Scheme.

24 Feb 2022

ACEM congratulates 2021.2B Buchanan Prize winner

ACEM is pleased to announce that the 2021.2B Buchanan Prize has been awarded to Dr Chris Egan.

20 Feb 2022

ACEM and RANZCP welcome SA Labor’s $182m mental health pledge

Australia’s peak bodies for emergency medicine and psychiatry welcome SA Labor’s $182 million mental health investment pledge, and call on other political parties contesting the 2022 South Australian state election to outline their plans to fix SA’s broken mental health system, should they win.