The AMA (WA) President and other AMA (WA) spokespeople comment on a variety of medico-political, public health, research and medical workforce issues in all formats of media including print, broadcast and online.
As a representative body, the AMA (WA) constantly endeavours to keep members informed of the latest news through a range of timely and professional platforms including social media channels, the bi-monthly Medicus magazine and the Med e-Link fortnightly digital newsletter.
The recent announcement by Federal Health Minister Mark Butler that pharmacy schools would soon be able to graduate pharmacists with…
Doctors at St John of God Health Care have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a new Enterprise Bargaining Agreement that…
Dr Duncan McLellan, an esteemed physician specialising in infectious diseases and clinical microbiology, has been named St John of God Murdoch…
A world-first prosthetic eardrum being developed by a Perth company could dramatically change the lives…
I had the pleasure and honour of attending the Australian Indian Medical Association WA’s annual Gala Dinner a couple of…
The AMA (WA) Industrial Relations team recently achieved a significant outcome for one of our members, ensuring they received the…
Dr Andrew J Miller has been appointed to the AMA Limited Board as WA’s representative. The board consists of one…
On the 30th anniversary of the Dirty Ashtray Awards, two Australian organisations received dishonourable mentions for attempting to influence public…
Rural and remote communities without a GP are throwing big money at trying to get…
With many engaged participants across three workshops in November, the MEDCON Workshop Series 2024 has brought together doctors and medical…
Following extensive negotiations with WA Health, and significant engagement with members and non-members, the WA Health System – Medical Practitioners…
I’ve been reminded more than once in the past fortnight of the importance of medical research. Paediatric anaesthetist, researcher and…
Ear Science’s Dr Christo Bester has been awarded a $137,872 government research grant to gain…
As the year draws to a close, many healthcare professionals are seeking ways to complete their Continuing Professional Development (CPD)…
In the face of rising chronic health conditions and lifestyle-related risks, lowering the incidence and impact of preventable chronic diseases…
Amongst the good ideas that emerged from WA Health’s Health Workforce Summit last year was the training and employment of…
The AMA (WA) relies on our members to volunteer their time to contribute to our policy formulation. The AMA (WA)…
The AMA (WA) successfully advocated for a Member to be back paid $255.43 for their missing public holiday observed hours…
West Australians with a mental health illness are presenting to public hospital emergency departments at…
AMA (WA) President Dr Michael Page wrote the following opinion piece in The West Australian, building on the success of…
Medical workforce is a hot topic – in fact, I believe it should be the hottest topic. Our medical workforce…
The results are in, with the AMA (WA) acknowledging those who have done the most this year to reflect the…
As you know, since 1 March 2024 AMA (WA) members have no longer been members of AMA Limited. Both the…
Health is generally, and rightly, a key theme of State and Federal elections. I anticipate that this will be the…
With our expert in-house Industrial Relations team, the AMA (WA) is committed to fighting for the rights of all our…
Our strong private hospital sector is a major part of what has historically made our medical system perform well. State…
The AMA (WA) Private Health and Hospital Summit on Monday 9 September saw strong consensus among participants on the state…
A significant majority of AMA (WA) participating Members have voted YES to accept the Second Offer from WA Health and…
Leaders from the medical profession, private hospitals and private health insurers have joined the AMA (WA) this morning at the…
The membership has voted clearly in favour of the State Government’s second Enterprise Bargaining Agreement offer to publicly employed medical…
Successful meetings statewide on WA Health Second Offer Hundreds of doctors took part in meetings at metropolitan hospitals Hospitals in…
Thousands of doctors will soon start receiving back pay for entitlements owed for Easter Sunday Public Holiday. In a significant…
On Sunday 1 September, the Joy Shepherd Performing Arts Centre at St Hilda’s Anglican School was once again filled with…
This week some colleagues and I were (again) bemoaning the 25 years of zero indexation for pathology items of the…
WA Health is asking people at risk of contracting mpox (monkeypox) to be vigilant after recording two locally acquired cases of…
This week the AMA College celebrated a momentous occasion — the graduation of our first-ever cohort from the Diploma of…
The best way the State Government can help take pressure off GPs and improve access to care is to ensure…
The power of your AMA (WA) membership is demonstrated clearly in the ability of our IR team to deliver significant…
Last weekend, I attended AMA’s National Conference in the Gold Coast. It was a great opportunity to connect in-person with…
Connect with Auspire – Australia Day Council WA and colleagues from the medical profession at a morning of informal networking…
Those of us in specialties that perform diagnostic services on request from other doctors have always existed in the paradigm…
The West Australian Doctors Orchestra (WADO) is calling all doctors and medical students with a passion for classical music to…
In the latest development for the Australian Medical Association (AMA), Dr Danielle McMullen has been declared the next President after…
AMA (WA) Honorary Life Member and Nobel Laureate Emeritus Professor Robin Warren AC has passed away at the age of…
In a bid to enhance the delivery of in-home palliative care, in-home care specialist Silverchain recently hosted an event from…
A few weeks ago, the NSW Premier remarked on social media that the latest scope extension for pharmacists in his…
The AMA (WA) Bargaining Committee has formally rejected WA Health’s first offer in our negotiations to replace the current Industrial…
Dr Kyle Hoath’s journey from a high school student, fascinated by his visit to the anatomy lab at the University…
Over the school holidays, many people will swap the rain clouds of the Southern Hemisphere for the vape clouds of…
From 1 July 2024, private practices under both State and Federal Industrial Relations systems need to prepare for an increase…
AMA (WA) President Dr Michael Page spoke to Jo Trilling from ABC Radio about changes to legislation on vaping.
The public discourse around the horrifying shooting deaths of a mother and daughter in Floreat by an estranged family friend…
The AMA (WA) remains a strong, member-focused organisation with a deeply engaged membership passionate about its future, in keeping with…
The AMA (WA) received several queries from members claiming that amendments to accrued leave balances on their pay slips were…
Several AMA (WA) Members were honoured in the King’s Birthday 2024 Honours List. Congratulations to Drs Janice Bell, Christine Jeffries-Stokes,…
Earlier in the month, the Epidemiology Directorate within WA’s Department of Health published, with little fanfare, a report entitled Projecting…
Last week, in my President’s blog, I provided some context around amendments to AMA Federal’s Constitution that are to be voted on…
Forgive the hackneyed title and repeated themes from previous blog posts (for the three or four avid readers of the…
The 2024-25 State Budget lays bare the challenges facing the WA health system and the ever-growing need to address doctor…
More than 1,110 Doctors in Training completed the 2024 AMA (WA) Hospital Health Check (HHC), the record participation underlining the…
AMA Federal (with whom we currently seek to re-establish a formal relationship) has called its Annual General Meeting for late…
The outcome of our recent election affirms the trust our membership places in our leadership to steer the Association through…
A Western Australian Liberal Government would ban the use of puberty blockers, cross-sex hormone treatments and surgical intervention for children…
I’d like to extend my warmest congratulations to AMA (WA) member and infectious diseases physician, Dr Shirley Bowen, on her…
Eleven practitioners from one worksite will share in almost $1 million over a two-year period as a result of AMA…
Read the latest General Practice updates on immunisation programs – Free Influenza Vaccination, RSV Immunisation, and Aboriginal Health Practitioner immunisers…
As our Board has recently delegated negotiation with AMA Federal to me, along with Dr Mary Wyatt and Dr Katharine…
I recently wrote, from my dimly-lit basement filled with formalin-preserved 19th century specimens, about the need for our entire profession…
Recently, presidents from their university’s medical student societies and chairs from their state’s medical student councils from around the country…
Many of you will shortly be celebrating Easter and perhaps the start of the school holidays, and we wanted to…
This week we held our annual dinner for RMO Society Presidents, whose organisations represent interns, residents and registrars at the…
Your AMA (WA) Board met on Monday and Saturday last week, and remains united in its desire to resolve the…
Resident rural doctor Dr Thomas Cottee and his visiting counterpart Professor Harvey Coates were among those given special recognition at…
You would be aware that we hit a significant bump in the road last week, when AMA Federal opted to…
International Women’s Day, 8 March, is a day of collective global activism and celebration that belongs to all those committed to…
With AMA Federal choosing to abruptly end good faith negotiations with the AMA (WA) this week, and sever ties with…
Concerned about the recent communication from AMA Federal? Click here to read our FAQ section. Throughout our ongoing negotiations with…
The Registered Organisations Commission (ROC) has made arrangements with the Australian Electoral Commission (‘AEC’) under Section 189 of the Fair…
Even though tobacco smoking rates are declining, tobacco use is still the largest cause of preventable death and disease in…
This week, I attended a workshop hosted by the RACGP with a focus on attracting medical students and DITs to…
The future of our specialist Obstetrics & Gynaecology (O&G) hospital has been the topic of much discussion recently, with concern…
A big year for the AMA (WA), doctors, patients and health in WA has begun. As noted by the Editor…
With a wide range of eRideables no doubt skating, scooting, wheeling and hovering their way under Christmas trees, the AMA…
On the announcement of the resignation of Dr David Russell-Weisz PSM from his role as Director-General of WA Health, the…
AMA (WA) Doctors in Training Practice Group Co-Chair Dr Thomas Drake-Brockman (they/them) is the recipient of the AMA (WA) Aspire…
As reported in The West Australian (11 October 2023): Botched medical care cost six West Australian children their lives in…
The AMA (WA) is working hard for Western Australian doctors. As the only WA-based organisation that represents your professional interests…
It is proposed that the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 (the Act) be adopted to apply within WA. This will extend…
The AMA (WA) welcomes the WA Government’s changes to mental health governance in response to the Independent Review of WA…
The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) and Australian Medical Association WA (AMA WA) have jointly raised ongoing concerns…
The location of the replacement King Edward Memorial Hospital must be determined by clinical requirements, reflecting international best-practice standards for…
The AMA (WA) has again taken the pulse of the working conditions and wellbeing of its junior medical workforce with…
Outstanding contributions to the health of Western Australians were honoured at Crown Ballroom on Saturday night. The AMA (WA) Awards,…
Former AMA (WA) and AMA national President Associate Professor Rosanna Capolingua is among AMA (WA) members honoured in the 2023…
Dr Michael Page is the new president of the AMA (WA) after last night’s annual general meeting. Dr Page was…
A West Australian man has been left with horrific burns after his vaping equipment exploded and caught fire in his…
The AMA (WA) welcomes the increased spend on our sick health system and this will greatly assist in getting our…
As reported in today’s The West Australian: Plain packaging of e-cigarettes and a ban on flavours are set to be…
Today’s Federal Government announcement that doctors will be able to write prescriptions for two months, and patients get two months’…
The decision to move the proposed new Women and Babies Hospital from the Queen Elizabeth II (QEII) Medical Centre site…
Women and babies in WA have been waiting years for a replacement facility for KEMH, with WA Labor’s 2019 Sustainable…
The following dates are public holidays for Easter 2023 and will incur public holiday penalties/provisions: • Friday 7 April 2023…
A lack of hospital beds is to blame for the high rates of elective surgery cancellation, not COVID-19 pressures, as…
Comment from AMA (WA) President Dr Mark Duncan-Smith: Our thoughts, of course, are with the family of Aishwarya. We call…
With January completed, Western Australia has just surpassed another unwanted record, with the worst ever ambulance ramping for that month.…
The AMA (WA) is delighted to announce that our wholly owned subsidiary Doctorportal Learning Pty Ltd, trading as CPD Home,…
The AMA (WA) welcomes changes being made at Sir Charles Gairdner and Osborne Park Hospitals to improve workplace conditions for…
Today the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM) released State of Emergency 2022 (SOE22), an inaugural annual report that presents…
The 2022 Business Events Perth/AMA (WA) Aspire Award has been presented to paediatric researcher Dr Bradley MacDonald. Dr MacDonald is…
With the State of Emergency declaration not being renewed, it will come to an end on Friday, 4 November after…
The Independent review of WA health system governance was tabled in Parliament today. At a media conference this afternoon, AMA…
The AMA (WA) has welcomed reports that the WA Government is set to improve the wages of Western Australia’s public…
The AMA (WA) has written to Premier Mark McGowan calling for the revised public sector wages policy to fully apply…
With National Cabinet reportedly due to consider COVID-19 isolation requirements tomorrow, the AMA (WA) urges decision makers to adopt a…
A media report today revealed the WA Government has no modelling for the current COVID-19 wave, despite the very high…
Outstanding contributions to the health of Western Australians were honoured at Crown on Saturday night. The AMA (WA) Awards, presented…
AMA (WA) President Dr Mark Duncan-Smith spoke to the media this afternoon, in response to comments made by Health Minister…
With COVID-19 hospitalisations reaching a new peak, AMA (WA) President Dr Mark Duncan-Smith has called on the State Government to…
Agreement in principle reached with the State Government on new industrial agreement for public hospital doctors, replacing WA Health System…
While public health measures continue to be eased, the AMA (WA) wants Western Australians to remain vigilant about the dangers…
A report in The West Australian yesterday stated that: “Seventy per cent of patients needing urgent care at WA emergency…
Millions of Australians head to the polls on Election Day, and the AMA (WA) is encouraging everyone attending a polling…
Hospitalisations rose above 300 yesterday, within a range that the AMA (WA) said should trigger a response from the State…
Capacity issues remain at the forefront of the AMA (WA)’s concerns, even after an apparent increase in health spending in…
After a record 12,390 COVID-19 cases were reported yesterday, there was a dramatic spike to 17,033 COVID cases up till…
New COVID-19 cases up till 8pm last night were 12,390, almost 2,000 more than the record set just the day…
With WA recording its highest number of daily COVID-19 cases to 8pm last night, AMA (WA) President Dr Mark Duncan-Smith…
The AMA (WA) will always welcome increased spending on health, and does so today. We applaud the Government for recognising…
The AMA (WA) has sought clarification from the WA Government, and current active public health directives include doctors’ offices as…
With most public health measures set to lift on Friday 29 April, AMA (WA) President Dr Mark Duncan-Smith responded to…
With Premier Mark McGowan proclaiming last week that the peak of the COVID-19 Omicron wave had been passed, attention has…
A ‘captain’s call’ such as that made by Premier McGowan regarding the easing of level 2 public health measures, due…
The AMA (WA) supports the proposed WA Comprehensive Cancer Centre. There is considerable national and global evidence that dedicated, mission-focused…
The AMA’s 2022 Public Hospital Report Card shows how the WA Government’s chronic underfunding of health has created the vulnerabilities that…
Yesterday, Premier Mark McGowan and Health Minister Amber-Jade Sanderson announced the easing of public health measures, given the relatively low…
With the Government beginning the scaling down of some private hospital elective surgery today (Monday, 21 March), changes to the…
AMA (WA) President Dr Mark Duncan-Smith held a media conference this afternoon, on the first day of the scaling down…
With a milestone reached in daily cases, a flu season approaching, and a new Omicron variant, AMA (WA) President Dr…
With the full border opening yesterday, AMA (WA) President Dr Mark Duncan-Smith held a media conference, in which he welcomed…
With the introduction of Level 1 public health and social measures statewide on 28 February announced by the Government today,…
This afternoon, AMA (WA) President Dr Mark Duncan-Smith provided a response to the media, arising from the announcement of the…
The AMA (WA) acknowledges the important role of aged care residents in society, and the contribution of their hard-earned tax…
As reported in today’s edition (17 February) of The West Australian: “Hospitals are moving on to a war footing, with…
The AMA has launched a new public hospitals campaign, Clear the hospital logjam, to reform the way public hospitals are…
The AMA (WA) welcomes the precautionary approach of WA Health to cease new elective surgery bookings after 28 February in…
The AMA (WA) is calling for the quarantine period for school close contacts (those that have been face to face…
A survey of WA doctors by the AMA (WA) has shown an even split between those who are opposed to…
To be attributed to AMA (WA) President Dr Mark Duncan-Smith: The following provides some context through current research to support…
The AMA (WA) is again calling for modest social restrictions to be put in place immediately to reduce the peak…
AMA (WA) President Dr Mark Duncan-Smith held a media conference this afternoon at the AMA office, after last night’s announcement…
The AMA (WA) is calling on the Premier to increase transparency in decision-making. As part of this process, Chief Health…
Today, AMA (WA) President Dr Mark Duncan-Smith addressed the media calling for further health measures ahead of WA’s proposed reopening…
The AMA (WA) is concerned that if the number of people with a third dose of vaccine, or booster, is…
By any measure, 2021 was a terrible year for ambulance ramping, with records tumbling both for annual and monthly figures.…
The AMA (WA) welcomes the State Government’s consideration of measures for enhanced ventilation at WA schools to prevent the spread…
A $400 million boost to public hospital funding announced by the McGowan Government on Wednesday suggests the AMA (WA)’s constant…
After years of negotiation and the matter being taken to the WA Industrial Relations Commission (WAIRC), two female doctors at…
The Australian Medical Association (WA) has welcomed the TGA’s interim decision rejecting over-the-counter access to oral contraception. AMA (WA) President…
The greatest asset available to WA’s public health system – its medical workforce – is at breaking point, according to…
The Australian Medical Association (WA) has welcomed the WorkSafe order given to Bunbury Regional Hospital to improve its “toxic” workplace…
The AMA (WA) welcomes the increased capital expenditure in the 2021-22 State Budget, but a reduction in operational budget over…
The public health system has descended further into disarray, with Fiona Stanley, Sir Charles Gairdner and Royal Perth hospitals all…
With our public hospitals having clocked up 6,500 hours of ambulance ramping in the past month, the AMA (WA) is…
Yesterday WA Health announced that the Health Worker (Restrictions on Access) Directions (Directions) will come into effect on 1 October…
Over the weekend, the Australian Medical Association (AMA) announced that their proposal for a no-fault COVID-19 vaccination indemnity scheme had…
The depths of Western Australia’s hospital crisis have been confirmed, with the most recent data on public hospital beds per…
The AMA (WA) has welcomed landmark legislation that recently passed through WA Parliament, ensuring that women seeking an abortion can…
Congratulations to our Immediate Past President, Dr Andrew Miller, who, on Saturday, was recognised for contributions he has made, and…
The AMA (WA) has united with peak public health and medical experts across WA in their call to end the…
As the community comes out of another lockdown cycle today, there’s no such relief for those requiring transport by ambulance…
Prominent health commentator Dr Norman Swan was the recipient of the prestigious President’s Award at the annual AMA (WA) Awards…
Employees of St John of God Health Care are set for a pay rise, after an overwhelmingly successful ballot in support of the…
The Australian Medical Association (WA) tonight confirmed the election of Dr Mark Duncan-Smith as President. An AMA (WA) Vice-President since…
In the last week, I have attended a highly-charged meeting between ED staff, the Minister for Health and Executive at…
I do not take lightly my calls for Minister Roger Cook to take responsibility for the recent tragic events at…
A freefall in workplace morale at Bunbury Regional Hospital (BRH) has resulted in the Australian Medical Association (WA) reporting the…
Knowing the anxiety, fear and anger caused by emails from the Commonwealth Department of Health (DoH) to Bonded Medical Program…
The Australian Medical Association (WA) welcomes the opportunities for the health sector arising out of today’s announcement of portfolio allocations…
Joint statement – AMA and Royal Australian College of General Practitioners The influx of patients seeking to make bookings for…
With the Labor Party under Premier Mark McGowan likely returning to government with a landslide victory and a potentially unprecedented…
The Australian Medical Association (WA) is requesting an urgent meeting with the McGowan Government over quarantine arrangements, after the worst…
Averting the growing crisis in WA’s public hospitals is a key recommendation of the AMA (WA) 2021 State Election Priorities,…
The Australian Nursing Federation and Australian Medical Association (WA) are calling on the State Government to do much more to…
Christmas can’t come soon enough for Western Australians after a difficult, at times gruelling year, but for healthcare workers, employment…
The Australian Medical Association (WA) called an Access to Emergency Hospital Care Crisis Meeting yesterday. The issue could not be…
Prisoners and detainees have the same right of access, equity, and quality of health care as the general population and…
The AMA (WA) welcomes the announcement by the State Government of a new women’s and newborns’ hospital to replace King…
With climate change identified by the World Health Organisation as the greatest threat to public health in the 21st century,…
Bringing Peel Health Campus back into public ownership will be scrutinised very carefully by the Australian Medical Association (WA). The…
WA’s leading health groups are calling on Crown Perth to make its high-roller gaming areas at the casino smoke-free. This…
Applications are now open for the 2021 AMA Indigenous Medical Scholarship, a program that has supported Aboriginal and Torres Strait…
WA’s leading health agencies* have joined forces to call on the State Government to immediately end junk food advertising on…
The Australian Nursing Federation (ANF) and the Australian Medical Association (WA) are working together to bring a COVID-safe workplace and…
The Australian Medical Association (WA) welcomes the announcement that the Safer Baby Bundle will be rolled out in Western Australia.…
Failure to provide senior doctors job security and doctors in training the right to park and retain their leave entitlements…
The Australian Medical Association (WA) welcomes the WA Liberal Opposition’s promise of at least $500 million for a flagship Women’s…
“Where are the extra doctors, nurses and other healthcare workers we need right away?” WA Health’s lack of a workforce…
More than two-thirds of Australian adults have at least three risk factors for heart disease. That amounts to almost 13…
The Presidents of peak medical associations have united to write to Health Minister Greg Hunt, calling for an urgent review…
Today’s announcement that the temporary Medicare rebates for COVID-19 telehealth consultations will be extended for a further six months will…
As part of our ongoing efforts to better engage with members, the Australian Medical Association (WA) will hold a Member…
Doctors in Training – the Hospital Health Check (HHC) survey is now open for 2020 and ready for your feedback.…
The Australian Medical Association (WA) applauds the decision of the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) this week to formalise a ban…
AMA President, Dr Omar Khorshid, said today a COVID-19 vaccination is likely to be the only way Australia will successfully…
Calling all doctors in training – the AMA (WA) Hospital Health Check is back this year, launching in September. Last…
AMA 7th Submission to the Aged Care Royal Commission Urgent improvements in aged care and a coordinated response by Federal, State,…
A recent outbreak and rise of syphilis infections in the Perth metropolitan area is concerning and Western Australians from all…
The AMA today released a prescription for private health reform, drawing on demographic, wage, and membership data to propose a…
The Australian Medical Association (WA), United Workers Union (UWU) and Health Services Union WA (HSUWA) have welcomed the passing of…
The AMA has called for the Senate Select Committee on COVID-19 to urgently conduct further hearings to consider the Victorian…
The AMA has written to Health Minister Greg Hunt, calling on the Federal Government to extend temporary telehealth arrangements under Medicare that have…
The AMA today demanded that healthcare workers treating known, or likely COVID-19 patients, must be provided with P2 or N95…
The AMA (WA) welcomes the election of new Federal AMA President, Dr Omar Khorshid, and Vice President, Dr Chris Moy.…
The historic National Agreement on Closing the Gap has the potential to be a gamechanger in improving health and life…
The Australian Medical Association (WA) joins the Federal AMA, Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) and the wider medical…
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander suicide prevention will receive a much-needed boost with $10 million recently announced State Government funding,…
The AMA is calling for the Prime Minister to convene National Cabinet urgently to adopt a nation-wide position on masks…
he AMA has welcomed the decision to prioritise the health of Australian families and communities over the profit margins of…
The AMA (WA) is pleased to announce the results of its first ever Board election. The elected members join the…
Doctors at Western Australia’s only state-run rape and sexual violence support service, the Sexual Assault Resource Centre (SARC), are facing…
AMA President, Dr Tony Bartone, said today that the AMA strongly supports the Government’s changes to ensure appropriate access to…
The State Government’s second annual staff engagement survey for WA Health employees has again shown a worrying lack of faith…
AMA President, Dr Tony Bartone, said today that Associate Professor Ruth Stewart is a fitting appointment as National Rural Health…
The Australian Medical Association (WA) has re-elected Dr Andrew Miller as President at its Annual General Meeting (AGM) last night.…
Australian Medical Association (WA) (AMA (WA)) Health Services Union WA (HSUWA) United Workers Union (UWU) The AMA (WA), HSUWA and…
The Australian Medical Association (WA) welcomes the WA Government’s easing of COVID-19 restrictions in Phase 4 of its roadmap, effective…
The AMA welcomes today’s decision by the Australian Government to make it harder for Big Tobacco to get more young…
The Australian Medical Association (WA) is standing with organisations around the country to draw attention to men’s health, calling on…
AMA (WA) CEO Dr Bennie Ng will be joining the virtual Vinnies CEO Sleepout in support of the St Vincent…
Almost three dozen AMA members have been recognised in this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours list for their service to medicine,…
Doctors and medical students around Australia now have access to free, confidential telehealth mental health services through the new Drs4Drs…
The Australian Council on Smoking and Health, Cancer Council WA, and the Australian Medical Association (WA) have urged Health Minister…
AMA President, Dr Tony Bartone, today congratulated the Government on its strategic decision to replace the moribund Council of Australian…
• Health Services Union WA (HSUWA) • United Workers Union (UWU) • Australian Medical Association (WA) The HSUWA, AMA (WA)…
AMA President, Dr Tony Bartone, said today that the National Rugby League (NRL) plan to have crowds of fans back…
Western Australia has taken a significant step towards a brighter and healthier future following the WA Parliament passing legislation that…
Australian patients are overwhelmingly embracing telehealth as an important part of their health care management, making a very strong case…
The AMA has called for the implementation of the single employer model for all GP registrars as part of the…
The AMA remains very concerned about continued reduced patient access to their regular quality health care, which is leading to…
The appointment of Associate Professor Ruth Vine as Australia’s first Deputy Chief Medical Officer (CMO) for Mental Health is a…
The AMA is calling for extra targeted health policy support to help Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples get through…
The Australian Council on Smoking and Health, Cancer Council WA, and the Australian Medical Association (WA) have advised the West…
The AMA wishes to advise members of upcoming changes to the AMA Fees List, in response to the changes to…
Over the past 12 months, the AMA (WA) and its councillors have been actively involved in sustained political engagement and…
All Western Australians are being urged to see their local GP and get vaccinated against influenza early, before the peak…
The Australian Medical Association (WA) is taking a leadership position in advocating for all doctors and healthcare workers in the…
Navigating Easter amid COVID-19 will require empathy, compassion and a good dose of common sense from all Western Australians and…
The most recent lower numbers of people in our community who have tested positive to COVID-19 is gratifying to see.…
The AMA is urging people to keep a close watch on their ongoing health care and maintenance, and to not…
Increased testing of people for COVID-19 should be immediately agreed by the State Government so that we comply with World…
The AMA (WA) and friends have an urgent message to all Australian’s about limiting the spread of COVID-19. Language warning.
A $160 million effort to source and secure vital medical supplies and equipment by the Minderoo Foundation and Fortescue Metals…
The Australian Medical Association (WA) today welcomed the Western Australian Parliament debating legislation that will enable doctors to use world-leading…
AMA President, Dr Tony Bartone, said today that the Government’s JobKeeper package, along with other measures announced over recent weeks…
AMA (WA) President Dr Andrew Miller appeared on Channel 7’s Flashpoint last night. He warned “if we repeat the mistakes…
JOINT MEDIA STATEMENT The Hon. Greg Hunt MP – Minister for Health, Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Public…
The Australian Medical Association (WA) today said they supported Doctors in WA’s private hospitals withdrawing services to COVID-19 positive cruise…
A breakthrough agreement brokered by the AMA with the Federal Government for expanded telehealth access to general practitioners and other…
AMA (WA) President Dr Andrew Miller says that COVID-19 testing in Western Australia needs to be broadened significantly and rolled…
Pandemic, reported by Sean Nicholls and featuring AMA (WA) President Dr Andrew Miller, went to air on Monday 30th March…
WA doctors are advising the community to take immediate action to lead a full work and school lockdown, as the…
WA’s ability to cope with the ‘runaway train’ of COVID-19 infection is being compromised by the lack of a complete…
AMA President, Dr Tony Bartone, said today that expanded access to telehealth is vital to contain Covid-19 and to protect…
ASD’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) is aware of a COVID-19 themed scam being distributed via text message. The Australian…
The Australian Medical Association (WA) today welcomed the WA Government’s announcement of restricted travel in and out of Western Australia…
I would like to address comments I made to the media yesterday about the speed of the State Government’s response…
Welcome to the Australian Medical Association (WA)’s new-look website! Our new website has been designed to ensure ease of use…
The Australian Medical Association (WA) has welcomed State Government plans to legislate to protect “safe access zones” around premises that…
The Australian Medical Association, the New Zealand Medical Association, the Australian Medical Students Association and the New Zealand Medical Students…
Whether you are an employer operating in the Federal or the State system, you need to be aware of the…
With fires raging across the country and the recent announcement of the deployment of 3000 ADF reservists to assist with…
The Australian Medical Association (WA) has acknowledged the passing of the Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2019 (WA) today but said…
The Australian Medical Association (WA) has advised people to take precautions to prevent heat-related illness as temperatures rise in coming…
The Australian Medical Association (WA) will support the package of Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill amendments now proposed by the State…
The Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has been conducting a review of breast implant devices available in Australia and has…
The biggest survey ever conducted of WA doctors to determine their views about the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill (2019) has…
The Australian Medical Association (WA) has welcomed the introduction of legislation into State Parliament that will substantially increase funding for…
Australian Medical Association (WA) President Dr Andrew Miller is requesting an apology and clarification after defamatory comments about him were…
The West Australian Newspaper on Friday 23 August 2019 carried a story (page 5) headlined: “AMA Softens on Dying Bill.”…
The Australian Medical Association (WA) will be making a submission to the DoH Climate Health WA Inquiry. We have prepared…
Statement by AMA (WA) President Dr Andrew Miller 9 August 2019 The Australian Medical Association (WA) stands for high quality…
The Australian Medical Association (WA) has called on the State Government not to rush the community in its consideration of…
Dr Scott Blackwell is a respected palliative care physician who was a President of the AMA (WA) 22 years ago.…
The State Government’s very first staff engagement survey for public health workers has shown a worrying lack of faith in…
The Australian Medical Association (WA) last night elected Dr Andrew Miller as President. Dr Miller served as AMA (WA) President…
Three significant achievers in the health field were acknowledged by the Australian Medical Association (WA) on the weekend. The 2019…
Dr Bennie Ng has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer with the Australian Medical Association (WA). A graduate of the…
Patients should always be able to access medical practitioners without obstruction or fear, the Australian Medical Association (WA) said today…
The Australian Medical Association (WA) has welcomed the appointment of the Member for Swan, Steve Irons, as the new Assistant…
A Perth GP who developed a surveillance program to actively monitor vaccine safety in real time is the recipient of…
The AMA has inducted seven new members into the AMA Roll of Fellows, in recognition of their outstanding contributions to…
The WA Budget is further bad news for health and means that hospital services will continue to struggle, the Australian…
The Labor Party preventive health announcement yesterday appears not only old but contains few concrete commitments, Australian Medical Association (WA)…
The AMA (WA) has conducted a survey in order to provide direction for AMA (WA) advocacy and the AMA (WA)’s…
Applications for the 2020 Australian General Practice Training (AGPT) program are now closed. If you are interested in a career…
The Sustainable Health Review provides high-level direction for health in WA but ultimately asks more questions than it answers, the…
The Labor Party announcement on health infrastructure yesterday is a very disappointing start to the election campaign, the Australian Medical…
The news that the Federal Government will spend $25 million on an upgrade of Peel Health Campus is little more…
State Government steps to improve mental health services in WA hospitals are welcome, and will go a substantial way to…
The AMA has enhanced a key member benefit, with the launch of the AMA Fees List online in October. The…
Free booze at cricket games would guarantee a return to the past – of alcohol fueled violence, of drunkenness and…
In a letter sent this week to all Western Australian Federal Parliamentary representatives, AMA (WA) President Dr Omar Khorshid urged…
There has been a lot of focus within the media and medical profession regarding the provision of adequate internship placements…
Health Minister Kim Hames’ assurance last month that it was “full steam ahead” for the new $1.7 billion children’s hospital,…
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