07 Feb 2025

National Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Evaluation Framework and Sharing Guidelines published

The National Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Evaluation Framework and Sharing Guidelines are now available.

06 Feb 2025

President’s update: time to Modernise Medicare, and calling all rural doctors… again!

AMA President Dr Danielle McMullen provides an update on the past week at Federal AMA.

06 Feb 2025

Newly Qualified Nurses and Midwives boost Gold Coast's frontline workforce

More than 170 Newly Qualified Nurses (NQN) and Newly Qualified Midwives (NQM) have joined Gold Coast Health in the service’s latest intake of healthcare professionals.

06 Feb 2025

New report centres voices of older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People

Interim First Nations Aged Care Commissioner Andrea Kelly has released a report to Government, recommending a series of critical reforms to improve aged care for older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

06 Feb 2025

Aged care clinical placements available to nursing students

High-quality clinical placements in the aged care sector are now available to nursing students through the Aged Care Nursing Clinical Placements Program.

06 Feb 2025

‘Where is the ban on genetic discrimination in life insurance?’ asks AMA

Almost six months have passed since the government announced a ban on genetic discrimination in life insurance, so why hasn’t it been implemented?

06 Feb 2025

Webinar for members on inclusive healthcare for LGBTQIASB+ patients

The first AMA webinar for 2025 is held in conjunction with LGBTIQ+ Health Australia.

06 Feb 2025

Penalties for doctors over clunky My Health Records are blunt and lazy policy

Don’t punish the doctors! Make My Health Record more user-friendly, says the AMA.

06 Feb 2025

Only two weeks left to take part in the 2025 Rural Health Issues Survey

Our Rural Health Issues Survey is open to all doctors, not just AMA members, who have worked or are working in regional, rural or remote communities.

06 Feb 2025

IWD: ‘You are enough, believe in yourself’

‘Advocate for other women and inspire them’, says one GP ahead of the RACGP’s International Women’s Day event series.