07 Nov 2024
Brands Off Our Kids! AMA and allies urge government to protect children from unhealthy food marketing
The Food for Health Alliance — including the AMA — have been joined by celebrity chef Jamie Oliver this week in calling on the government to regulate unhealthy food marketing.
08 Nov 2024
WMA Resolution on Gaza
The AMA wrote to the PM following the WMA General Assembly in Finland last month.
07 Nov 2024
AMA members celebrated at Stronger Medicare Awards
The Department of Health honoured doctors this week at Parliament House with a number of AMA members among the finalists and ‘Champions’.
07 Nov 2024
AMA leaders meet with Ahpra and the Medical Board
The AMA met with Ahpra and the Medical Board to discuss current and emerging issues including progress on the over-70s health check, the roll-out of the expedited SIMG pathway, recent notifications data as well as closed loop prescribing.
07 Nov 2024
Harness CEO Forum to push private health reform agenda
The AMA has identified the Private Health CEO Forum as a key vehicle to help drive much-needed reform to the private health sector.
07 Nov 2024
AMA urges caution on scope of practice review
The Unleashing the Potential of our Health Workforce — Scope of Practice Review report, released this week, contains many worrying traps the government must avoid.
07 Nov 2024
President report: Rural health, scope of practice, public hospitals and more
AMA President Dr Danielle McMullen provides members with an update on the past week.
31 Oct 2024
Sector-wide reform needed to ensure viability of private health
The latest private health funding dispute brings the issue of private health regulation into sharp focus.
31 Oct 2024
Indigenous Medical Scholarship applications now open
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander medical students can begin applying for the 2025 scholarship.
31 Oct 2024
Mental health patients wait up to a day in EDs, new report finds
Patients with mental health conditions are spending seven hours on average in emergency departments – the longest on record – the AMA’s public hospital report card finds.