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10 Jun 2022

Response to misleading comments published in the New Zealand Herald

The Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM; the College) wishes to respond to misleading comments attributed to Health Minister Andrew Little and published in the New Zealand Herald on the 10th of June 2022.

08 Jul 2022

ACEM welcomes Aboriginal Health Practitioners to Western Australia EDs

ACEM welcomes the announcement of the establishment of specialised Aboriginal Health Practitioners in state-funded public health services in Western Australia and anticipates working with WA Health to support the implementation of these positions into WA emergency departments.

13 Jul 2022

Response to media query on health system pressures and COVID cases

Attributable to ACEM President Dr Clare Skinner

13 Jul 2022

Response to reports of planned removals of NT hospital dept heads

Attributable to ACEM President Dr Clare Skinner on behalf of ACEM’s Northern Territory Faculty

11 May 2021

ACEM response to Queensland Government health funding announcement

The Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM; the College) acknowledges today’s commitment from the Queensland Government in response to the state’s acute hospital access crisis.

16 Apr 2021

Tasmanian election: Whole-of-system focus needed to fix healthcare

The Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM; the College) is calling for parties contesting the Tasmanian election to provide genuine vision, plans and system-wide solutions to fix the state’s broken healthcare system.

12 Mar 2021

ACEM congratulates Western Australia’s re-elected McGowan government

The Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM; the College) congratulates Premier Mark McGowan on his government’s re-election in Western Australia.

04 Mar 2021

ACEM statement on Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety

The Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM; the College) acknowledges the release of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety’s final report and supports its intent of developing a new rights-based aged care system.

02 Sep 2020

Dangerous SA hospital issues must not be accepted as ‘normal'

The Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM: the College) says a state-wide plan is urgently needed to address dangerous capacity and patient flow issues leading to hospital bed block, emergency department (ED) crowding and ambulance ramping in South Australian hospitals.

01 Jul 2020

Mental healthcare intervention must improve access for patients

The Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM) welcomes renewed attention on the systemic failures in the treatment of mental health patients at the Royal Adelaide Hospital (RAH) and is hopeful that the Chief Psychiatrist’s intervention finally results in state-wide improvements emergency doctors have long been calling for.