ACEM - Standards and Advocacy Library

ACEM’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.

All Clinician Wellbeing Rostering and Staffing Workforce Reports

V1.0 01 Mar 2021

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.

All Policy Statement Access to Care Standards

V4.0 01 Mar 2021

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Statement on Access Block

Access 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.

All Policy Disaster Management Public Health & Prevention Standards

V4.0 01 Mar 2021

P56
Policy on Public Health

ACEM 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.

VIC Disaster Management Public Health & Prevention Rural Regional & Remote Submissions

V1.0 01 Mar 2021

SUB473
Inquiry into Health Impacts of Air Pollution in Victoria

ACEM 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.

VIC Mental Health Submissions

V1.0 18 Feb 2021

SUB470
Adult Mental Health Centre in Corio

ACEM 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.

All Cultural safety Rostering and Staffing Submissions

V1.0 15 Feb 2021

SUB471
National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Workforce Strategy

ACEM 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.

All Mental Health Submissions

V1.0 10 Feb 2021

SUB469
Productivity Commission Inquiry Report on Mental Health

ACEM 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.

All Submissions

V1.0 15 Jan 2021

SUB468
Duty of Candour Law

ACEM 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.

TAS Access to Care Documentation & Handover Mental Health Submissions

V1.0 15 Jan 2021

SUB465
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.

SUB476 Inquiry into Mental Health and Suicide Prevention

2020 New FACEMs Early Career Survey

S127 Statement on Access Block

P56 Policy on Public Health

SUB473 Inquiry into Health Impacts of Air Pollution in Victoria

SUB470 Adult Mental Health Centre in Corio

SUB471 National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Workforce Strategy

SUB469 Productivity Commission Inquiry Report on Mental Health

SUB468 Duty of Candour Law

SUB465 Our Future Healthcare

SUB476
Inquiry into Mental Health and Suicide Prevention