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Time-based targets should be used, conditional on safeguards built into the performance measurement regimen at local and national level. This should be a set of tiered targets (admitted, discharged, short stay) as opposed to single point and isolated targets. We need a whole-of-hospital and whole-of-system approach.

All Access to Care Standards

V3.0 01 Mar 2020

S60
Statement on National Time-Based Acute Hospital Access Targets

ACEM supports the use of time-based targets as an important part of a range of strategies to address access block and overcrowding. ACEM believes an equal emphasis on access to inpatient beds must be explicit in access strategies and has reviewed its recommended measures to reflect the need for specific targets for inpatient care access.

SA Safety & Quality Submissions

V1.0 28 Feb 2020

SUB443
SA Health Commissioned Review of the Safety Learning System (SLS)

ACEM submission to the South Australian Health Review of the SA Safety Learning System. Members report concerns about the ease of use, functionality and transparency of the SLS and its failure to improve patient safety inside SA Health. Areas have been highlighted and there are suggestions for some measures for improvement.

All Public Health & Prevention Submissions

V1.0 24 Feb 2020

SUB438
ACEM Submission to NHMRC Draft Alcohol Guidelines

Support for the NHMRC Draft Australian Guidelines to Reduce Health Risks from Drinking Alcohol. ACEM recommendations for a plain English summary and guidelines for healthy men and women aged over 18, children and young people, pregnant and breastfeeding women, a key information section a comprehensive awareness and promotion campaign.

VIC Clinical Guideline Submissions

V1.0 24 Feb 2020

SUB439
ACEM Submission to Safer Care Victoria's clinical guidelines

ACEM supportive of the Safer Care Victoria’s Clinical Guidelines for Caring for people displaying acute behavioural disturbance with the following recommendations. Caution and audit around the use of restrictive practices, pre-hospital transitions, clear reporting/documentation pathways and resources and training for security personnel.

All ACEM Research Clinician Wellbeing Rostering and Staffing Workforce Reports

V1.0 01 Feb 2020

2019 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 2019 new Fellows Early Career Survey.

All Mental Health Submissions

V1.0 28 Jan 2020

SUB436
Response to Productivity Commission Draft Report into Mental Health

ACEM supports the Productivity Commission in recognising EDs as an integral component of the mental health system. This reiterates the need for equity of access to mental health services across the stepped care model to ensure that EDs are no longer the only front door to mental healthcare and are accessed only for acute care needs.

VIC Public Health & Prevention Submissions

V1.0 17 Dec 2019

SUB435
APC Submission to Liquor Act Review

Submission to the Alcohol Policy Coalition to comment on the harmful impacts of the alcohol industry in Victoria. The APC campaigns for regulation of the alcohol industry to protect the community from the harm it causes, and to provide balance to the industry’s aggressive marketing and normalisation of alcoholic products.

NZ Mental Health Submissions

V1.0 16 Dec 2019

SUB434
Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission Bill in NZ

ACEM welcomes the opportunity to respond to the NZ Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission Bill. Frontline staff in EDs have a unique perspective to contribute to transforming the mental health and wellbeing system. Proposals and suggestions offered for improvements and additions to the bill.

All Policy Leadership Roles & Responsibilities in the ED Rostering and Staffing Standards

V3.0 01 Dec 2019

P53
Policy on the Supervision of Junior Medical Staff in the ED

To ensure adequate experience in generalist medicine, junior doctors must be exposed to a wide spectrum of acute and undifferentiated illness. This is best obtained by a period of training in emergency medicine. The complex nature of emergency medical care means that junior doctors need extensive support/oversight to function safely.

It’s About Time: A New Approach to Time-based Targets

S60 Statement on National Time-Based Acute Hospital Access Targets

SUB443 SA Health Commissioned Review of the Safety Learning System (SLS)

SUB438 ACEM Submission to NHMRC Draft Alcohol Guidelines

SUB439 ACEM Submission to Safer Care Victoria's clinical guidelines

2019 New FACEMs Early Career Survey

SUB436 Response to Productivity Commission Draft Report into Mental Health

SUB435 APC Submission to Liquor Act Review

SUB434 Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission Bill in NZ

P53 Policy on the Supervision of Junior Medical Staff in the ED