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21 Apr 2019

ACEM welcomes Minister to the table to help find solutions for RHH

The peak body for emergency medicine in Australia has welcomed Tasmanian Health Minister Michael Ferguson's move to support emergency doctors’ call for solutions to issues confronting The Royal Hobart Hospital (RHH).

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.

17 May 2022

ACEM welcomes pledge to strengthen Medicare

The Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM; the College) welcomes the Australian Labor Party’s election commitment of $750 million to deliver better access to healthcare for patients, made a week out from Saturday’s poll.

01 Jun 2022

Health minister welcomed, now healthcare must work together on reform

The Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM; the College) welcomes the new Minister for Health and Aged Care, the Honourable Mark Butler, and looks forward to working with him and other healthcare stakeholders on a systemic overhaul of Australia’s outdated health system.

16 Sep 2022

ACEM welcomes Victorian Greens $1.3b bed block solutions

The Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM; the College) welcomes the announcement by the Victorian Greens of a $1.3 billion funding package aimed at addressing crippling bed block in the Victorian health system.

01 Aug 2022

ACEM welcomes New Zealand’s workforce crisis solutions

ACEM welcomes the Aotearoa New Zealand Government’s announcement of solutions aimed at addressing the healthcare workforce crisis, and urges the government to promptly implement the fixes to quickly reduce pressures on overwhelmed emergency departments.

25 May 2020

ACEM welcomes much needed focus on mental health

The Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM) has welcomed a strong focus on mental health from Australian governments amid concerns over the mounting and compounding toll of COVID-19.

15 Nov 2019

ACEM welcomes commitment to support better patient care

The Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM) welcomes a commitment from the Tasmanian Government to find a state-wide solution to relieve the chronic overcrowding, long waits and ambulance ramping issues plaguing the state’s health system.

15 Dec 2021

ACEM responds to AIHW emergency department care report 2020-21

ACEM welcomes the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) emergency department care report 2020-21. The data in the report verifies what ACEM, and other health bodies, have been repeatedly saying: the healthcare system in Australia is no longer fit for purpose.

28 May 2021

Our Future Healthcare

ACEM comments on the DOH Tasmanian Health Service review. Many negative outcomes can be distilled down to a state-wide lack of resources, from a lack of beds for inpatients, a severely understaffed ED, a medical record system that is not integrated with the rest of the hospital, or an absence of out-of-hours mental health services.