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06 May 2019

ACEM statement on better patient care

The peak body for emergency medicine in Australia says patients waiting for extended times in the emergency department because there aren’t inpatient beds should never be considered acceptable.

19 May 2022

From Australia to Zambia: LDSS supports ICEM to be truly global event

The 21st International Conference on Emergency Medicine (ICEM) will see delegates attending virtually, and in-person, from all over the world.

20 May 2021

ACEM statement on Queensland media reports

The Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM; the College) is distressed by tragic media reports from Queensland that continue to highlight the state and nation’s acute hospital access crisis.

21 Aug 2019

ACEM response to BHI report on mental health care in NSW

The release of the NSW Bureau of Health Information’s (BHI) report on people’s use and experiences of mental health care in NSW serves to confirm many of the issues and concerns the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine has been raising.

30 May 2023

ACEM Supports The Voice to Parliament

ACEM supports an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to the Australian Parliament.

06 Jan 2020

Worsening situation at Royal Darwin Hospital

More beds urgently needed

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Butler, and looks forward to working with him and other healthcare stakeholders on a systemic overhaul of Australia’s outdated health system.

30 Jan 2019

It’s time to think hard about how clinicians work in a digital age

FACEMs Associate Professor Katie Walker and Dr Michael Ben-Meir led a study, published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ), that found the use of medical scribes increase emergency doctors’ productivity and reduce patients’ length of stay.

17 Jun 2020

ED crowding is unethical in a COVID-19 world

The Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM) is warning of escalating risks to patient safety and lives as crowding makes a dangerous return to Australian and New Zealand emergency departments (EDs) despite the COVID-19 threat reducing but remaining present.