06 Dec 2024
Health ministers must better link hospitals and GPs: RACGP
The college used the year’s final Health Ministers’ Meeting to call out the lack of integration, saying it is delaying care.
06 Dec 2024
Agenda for the December 2024 PBAC Intracycle meeting
Agenda for the December 2024 PBAC Intracycle meeting
06 Dec 2024
President’s update: rockstars, the climate health emergency, and some confronting disparities in healthcare practice and workforce
AMA President Dr Danielle McMullen provides an update on the past week at Federal AMA.
05 Dec 2024
End-to-end medical training in the Murray-Darling Network
Rural and regional training places needed to help keep rural doctors in their communities.
05 Dec 2024
Meningococcal case 5 December 2024
A 14-year-old child from metropolitan Adelaide is in a critical condition in hospital, after being diagnosed with invasive meningococcal disease. The strain has been identified as serogroup B.
05 Dec 2024
Could your Christmas tree make you sick?
As excitement builds for Christmas, the National Asthma Council Australia is reminding people with asthma and allergies about the risk of Christmas Tree Syndrome.
05 Dec 2024
MTS reveals systemic issues in medical training
Medical trainees are still experiencing unacceptably high rates of racism and sexual harassment.
05 Dec 2024
AMA secures improvements to privacy bill amendments
The outcome of the amended bill is better than we had feared, with scope for further improvements in 2025.
05 Dec 2024
AMA attends first Cyber Security Town Hall
Federal AMA policy experts were briefed on the healthcare sector’s cyber vulnerabilities.