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AMA (NSW) congratulates all doctors named on the Australia Day Honours List
AMA (NSW) congratulates all the doctors who have been named on the Australia Day Honours List and thanks them for their service to their communities. “It’s always wonderful to see the number of doctors who appear on the Australia Day Honours List. “I particularly want to congratulate… Read full story
Posted on: 26 Jan 2012
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AMA (NSW) says kids’ safety near high balconies and windows should be paramount
AMA (NSW) Councillor, A/Prof Brian Owler, says he is disappointed that the safety of children seems to be regarded as less important than how a building looks. “Parents should be able to take the steps necessary to protect their children from falls from balconies in their home. “Of course… Read full story
Posted on: 24 Jan 2012
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AMA (NSW) welcomes record-breaking number of interns to the medical profession
AMA (NSW) welcomes the record-breaking total of 850 new interns who will be starting their careers as doctors in NSW this week at hospitals around the state. “A lot of people don’t realise it but once you’ve graduated with a degree in medicine there are still many years of training to… Read full story
Posted on: 15 Jan 2012
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AMA (NSW) 2012 Rates Available Online
Help support your profession and join the AMA today. Category Monthly Yearly Specialist Member $113.58 $1,363.00 General Practice Member $101.08 $1,213.00 Member First Year After Graduation (Intern) $16.67 $200.00 Member Second Year After Graduation … Read full story
Posted on: 6 Jan 2012
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AMA (NSW) reminds parents of the risk of children falling from windows and balconies
AMA (NSW) is reminding parents to be aware of and take precautions against the potential fall hazards for children from windows and balconies. “As we can see from today’s terrible accident where a young child fell from a balcony and is sadly now in critical condition, this is something you… Read full story
Posted on: 2 Jan 2012
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Brian Owler: Fatal crashes remind us of the terrible cost of road accidents
AMA (NSW) Councillor, A/Prof Brian Owler, says recent deaths on NSW roads serve as a terrible reminder of the human costs of road accidents. “Recent crashes in Sydney and Orange which devastated two families and resulted in the deaths of children and adults – as well as severe injuries –… Read full story
Posted on: 22 Dec 2011
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AMA (NSW) supports greater transparency for doctors’ pay
The Auditor-General’s report highlights the need for more transparency in Visiting Medical Officer (VMO) pay claims, something AMA (NSW) has been working towards for some time. AMA (NSW) Councillor, A/Prof Brian Owler, said, “The current system for managing the way VMOs are paid is broken… Read full story
Posted on: 15 Dec 2011
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Ensure your child's safety around the swimming pool for the start of summer
AMA (NSW) has joined the NSW Ombudsman, Royal Life Saving NSW and Kidsafe NSW in a push to urge parents with swimming pools in their family home to check that the pool gates and fences are functioning properly. The recently released 2010 Annual Report from the NSW Child Death Review Team shows that… Read full story
Posted on: 11 Dec 2011
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AMA (NSW) Christmas / New Year Break
The AMA (NSW) will be closing its offices from 1pm on 23 December 2011 until 8:30am on 3 January 2012. If members have urgent requests during that time, you can reach AMA staff by e-mail at this address: industrial@amansw.com.au Read full story
Posted on: 7 Dec 2011
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AMA (NSW) supports State Government on organ donation
AMA (NSW) supports the Health Minister and the State Government in trying to raise New South Wales’ rate of organ donation. AMA (NSW) President, Dr Michael Steiner, said, “The fact that NSW has a very high rate of people nominating themselves to be donors is great. “However, we also… Read full story
Posted on: 6 Dec 2011
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New Year shutdown period advice
Both the Health Professionals and Support Services Award 2010 and the Nurses Award 2010 allow an employer to direct the staff to take paid annual leave during temporary close down periods of medical practices such as the New Year close down period. Under the Annual Leave Act the close down may be partial… Read full story
Posted on: 1 Dec 2011
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‘Medical home’ key to avoiding unnecessary hospitalisations, visits to emergency departments
The latest data from the Bureau of Health Information (BHI) on the performance of healthcare in NSW emphasises the importance of having a family doctor and a ‘medical home’ to avoid unnecessary hospitalisations and visits to emergency departments (EDs). The report titled Healthcare in Focus… Read full story
Posted on: 24 Nov 2011
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Junior doctors and their patients are being held hostage by primitive industrial laws
NSW needs to change its industrial laws to allow juniors doctors to choose to belong to a union other than the HSU so both the medical practitioners and their patients may benefit. AMA (NSW) Councillor, Dr Kathryn Austin, said, “Junior doctors form the backbone of the medical workforce in public… Read full story
Posted on: 16 Nov 2011
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AMA (NSW) welcomes Australian National Hand Hygiene Initiative results
The results from the Australian National Hand Hygiene Initiative have been very positive but more needs to be done on a number of fronts to decrease the likelihood of someone falling sick in hospital. AMA (NSW) Councillor, A/Prof Brian Owler, says, “Increasing hand hygiene compliance is a very good… Read full story
Posted on: 10 Nov 2011
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Industrial legislation must change to allow junior doctors a choice of union
AMA (NSW) today called on the NSW Government to amend the industrial legislation that prevents junior doctors, and employees in general, from joining the union of their choice. Chair of the AMA Doctors-in-Training Committee, Dr Kathryn Austin, said that the current legislation is preventing junior… Read full story
Posted on: 7 Nov 2011
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