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More than 150 emergency doctors, psychiatrists, consumers, clinicians and key decision makers will gather in Melbourne next week to tackle Australia’s mental health crisis.
The Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM; the College) congratulates Peter Malinauskas and the South Australian Labor Party on their 2022 SA election win and looks forward to working with them to ensure urgent improvements to the beleaguered SA health system are delivered swiftly – and exactly where they are needed.
FACEM Dr Clare Skinner has been elected as the College’s next President-Elect, following the conduct of an election in which more than 1200 Fellows cast a vote.
The purpose of this Statement is to specifically advocate for the increased recruitment of Indigenous Health Liaison Officers/Aboriginal Liaison Officers (IHLOs/ALOs) and Australian Indigenous Language Interpreters to emergency departments in Australia. ACEM recognises that these professions are not represented by a peak body.
The Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM; the College) congratulates Lia Finocchiaro and the Country Liberal Party on their success in the NT election and looks forward to working together to ensure safer emergency departments (EDs) for all clinicians, healthcare workers and patients.
Statement on Government’s response to the Mental Health and Addiction Inquiry report
Western Australia’s emergency physicians have welcomed public commitments to invest in the state’s healthcare system in the lead-up to Saturday’s election.
The Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM; the College) congratulates Daniel Andrews and the Victorian Labor party on their 2022 Victorian election result and looks forward to working with them to deliver considered, targeted improvements to the under-resourced Victorian health system.
The College comments on the urgent need to review existing policy and regulatory approaches in Victoria to improve community resilience to climate change, particularly in the context of the immediate and evolving threats posed by climate-related natural disasters.
News media coverage on possible reductions in public hospital funding in the state of Victoria are of significant concern for emergency department clinicians across the state.