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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.

18 Mar 2019

NSW election a chance for real reform

Ahead of Saturday’s election, the peak body for emergency medicine in Australia and New Zealand has warned The Coalition and Labor the systemic problems in healthcare require sophisticated solutions, not slogans.

04 Dec 2018

Statement on report into New Zealand’s mental health system

The peak body for emergency medicine in New Zealand and Australia has called for commitment and action, following the handing down of the Report of the Government Inquiry to Mental Health and Addiction.

27 Jan 2019

Pill-testing trials for harm reduction

The peak body for emergency medicine in Australia and New Zealand says governments should support a pill testing trial as part of a harm reduction strategy.

01 Feb 2019

Review into the Workplace Culture within ACT Public Health Services

The peak body for emergency medicine in Australia and New Zealand says today’s release of the review highlights the need for the ACT Government to act swiftly and comprehensively to improve health service workplace culture.

24 Jul 2019

Response to Media Story that “Victorian Patients At Risk as Hospitals

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.

25 Aug 2022

ACEM statement on primary care and emergency department pressures

Attributable to ACEM President Dr Clare Skinner:

03 Feb 2023

ACEM statement on Strengthening Medicare Taskforce report

The Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM; the College) acknowledges the release of the Strengthening Medicare Taskforce report and is hopeful it will contribute to the urgently needed, meaningful and widespread reform required to help improve Australia’s struggling healthcare system.

03 Jan 2022

ACEM statement on emergency department pressures

Attributable to ACEM President Dr Clare Skinner

17 Apr 2024

ACEM report reveals scale of alcohol harm on emergency departments

Sobering new data released by ACEM reveals the scale of alcohol-related harm and violence in emergency departments – and its negative impacts on the patients, staff and carers within them.