09 Feb 2023
Ahpra data strategy will undermine health professionals’ trust in the regulator
Ahpra’s draft digital strategy will not improve patient safety and will continue to undermine health professionals’ trust in the regulator, the AMA said in a submission to Ahpra’s consultation on the strategy.
02 Feb 2023
GP Members asked for feedback on consultation item reform
AMA Vice President Dr Danielle McMullen this week wrote to members asking for them to participate in a survey nominating preferences for consultation item reform.
09 Feb 2023
Updated ATAGI advice on COVID-19 boosters
New recommendations from ATAGI for a 2023 COVID-19 vaccine booster dose.
09 Feb 2023
New arrangements for rural workforce incentives
The AMA says new arrangements for rural workforce incentives must not disadvantage current rural GPs from providing specialised care to rural communities.
09 Feb 2023
Be a doctor for doctors
Why not make 2023 the year you to become a doctor for other doctors? Drs4Drs has online material to help.
09 Feb 2023
Be a doctor for doctors
Why not make 2023 the year you to become a doctor for other doctors? Drs4Drs has online material to help.
09 Feb 2023
HCF and Healthscope sign new agreement
The AMA had urged parties to work on a solution after the agreement expired last year.
02 Feb 2023
Public hospitals in logjam as performance worsens
The findings of the AMA’s new report on hospital performance are “shocking” and the AMA urges Australians to contact their local MPs so state and federal governments can hear their voices loud and clear.
02 Feb 2023
AMA warns GP practices face collapse because of funding crisis
The AMA has issued a warning to National Cabinet that the nation’s GPs are at crisis point and many practices are facing collapse if the ailing Medicare system does not receive an urgent much-needed boost.
02 Feb 2023
AMA advocacy behind single employer model pilot
The AMA says the Tasmanian pilot is a good first step in addressing workforce shortages in the state and hopes it will be scaled up to cover the whole GP training program across the Apple Isle.