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Inquiry into Mental Health and Suicide PreventionACEM’s comments to the Australian Government for reforms that deliver timely access to appropriate mental health care, with immediate focus on after-hours care as a viable alternative to EDs. The next National Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Plan must include priority actions to reduce the reliance of mental health patients on EDs.
2020 New FACEMs Early Career Survey
Understanding how and where our emergency medicine workforce is working and the issues they face is important to ACEM and workforce planning. This report presents the findings from the 2020 new Fellows Early Career Survey.
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Statement on Access BlockAccess block is the single most serious issue facing EDs in Australia and New Zealand as it negatively affects the provision of safe, timely and quality medical care. The statement outlines the key issues impacting on the capability of EDs, and emergency specialists, in providing timely care for patients in a safe environment.
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Policy on Public HealthACEM believes that emergency medicine has important and unique roles and responsibilities in the advancement of public health. Emergency medicine has significant overlays with public health, particularly in three key areas: health protection, health promotion, and Emergency Management and Disaster Response.
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Inquiry into Health Impacts of Air Pollution in VictoriaACEM responded to a Victorian inquiry and recommended the development of effective, evidence-based strategies to better prevent, monitor, mitigate and enhance the resilience of the community to the acute and chronic health impacts of air pollution, including the evolving threats posed by climate change.
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Adult Mental Health Centre in CorioACEM is concerned about the existing workforce shortfalls and the inability of the health system to adequately meet the needs of Tasmanians and that it will not be able to meet increasing healthcare needs as the population simultaneously grows and ages.
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National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Workforce StrategyACEM comments on the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workforce Strategic Framework and Implementation Plan 2021-2031 draft Plan around cultural safety training, education, mentorship and a recommending a review by the NHMRC for alternative pathways for First Nations researchers focused on First Nations outcomes.
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Productivity Commission Inquiry Report on Mental HealthACEM is supportive of the Productivity Commission’s recognition of emergency departments as an integral part of Australia’s mental health system. Unless more specific attention and action is paid to this issue, EDs and the increasing numbers of mental health patients who present to EDs will not get the resourcing and support needed.
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Duty of Candour LawACEM is supportive of the Victorian candour and open disclosure guidelines proposals. The fundamental purpose of both a statutory duty of candour and the standard practice of open disclosure is to foster an open and honest culture in services and to improve the quality of care, particularly in terms of safety and person-centeredness.
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Our Future HealthcareACEM 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.