17 May 2024
Queensland families help develop an innovative online platform for mental health wellbeing
Queensland children and their families will have immediate access to help with mental health issues thanks to a new resource, built in collaboration with Children’s Health Queensland researchers.
17 May 2024
Meet our clinical trials trail blazers
International Clinical trials day is 20 May. The theme this year is ‘the trail blazers among us’. To mark the day Gold Coast health is celebrating a few of our own clinical trials trail blazers.
16 May 2024
Hospitalisations increased during 2022–23, new data shows
Overall hospitalisations rose, with Australians spending more than 33 million days in hospital during 2022–23, new Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) data shows.
16 May 2024
BUDGET 2024: ASTHMA AUSTRALIA WELCOMES FREEZE ON COST OF SOME MEDICINES, DISAPPOINTED IN LACK OF FUNDING FOR HEALTHY HOMES
Asthma Australia welcomes the Federal Budget announcement freezing the maximum PBS patient co‑payment, which will cap the cost of some asthma medicines as cost-of-living pressures continue.
16 May 2024
$10 million for research to address areas of unmet health need using existing data infrastructure in new ways
Apply for funding under the 2024 Research Data Infrastructure grant opportunity from 15 July 2024. Funding is from the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF).
16 May 2024
SSSI in force for Orencia (abatacept) shortages
The TGA has asked for information to be shared with AMA members on the latest Serious Scarcity Substitution Instrument.
16 May 2024
AMA urges government to support WMA recommendations
The AMA wrote to the PM this week urging the federal government to support WMA resolution on protection of healthcare in Israel and Gaza.
16 May 2024
AMA24: Get your CPD credit!
There’s even more reason to attend the AMA’s national conference with 10 hours of CPD up for grabs.
16 May 2024
AMA Strategy: Here is our plan
The AMA President launched the AMA’s Strategy for 2024–2027 this week ahead of next week’s AGM.
16 May 2024
AMA responds to lacklustre federal budget
The federal government has delivered the 2024–25 budget, which received a “B-minus” on AMA President Professor Steve Robson’s score card.