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• Getting to Grips With the NSW Budget

  Navigating a NSW budget is disorienting work, but when it comes to health spending it truly is a hall of mirrors. This year we brought in the big guns to help us analyse the State Budget – especially in the context of State/Federal funding reforms. National consulting firm Access Economics was… Read full story

  Posted on: 14 Jul 2010

• Pre-Budget Briefing

  On 30 May 2010, AMA (NSW) Councillors, A/Prof Brian Owler and Prof. Brad Frankum briefed journalists ahead of the 2010 State Budget and argued that there must be an increase of 9.6% just to stand still. Cick here (PDF) (64 Kb)to read the briefing. Read full story

  Posted on: 2 Jun 2010

• AMA (NSW) survey quantifies waiting list frustrations

  A survey of NSW public hospital surgeons in April/May carried out on behalf of AMA (NSW) by Essential Research has found that only 20 per cent of surgeons believe that official waiting time figures accurately reflect actual waiting time. Click here (PDF) (1 Mb)to read more. Read full story

  Posted on: 1 Jun 2010

• National Registration - Practice Nurses

  Australia’s new National Registration and Accreditation Scheme is due to commence on 1 July 2010. From this date, a new National Law (the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law Act 2009) will come into effect and 10 health professions will be regulated by nationally consistent legislation. For… Read full story

  Posted on: 7 May 2010

• COAG Agreement

  Summary of COAG agreement April 2010 (PDF) (1 Mb) Read full story

  Posted on: 1 May 2010

• GP Campaign Launch

  Family doctors – “the heart of health” (PDF) (1 Mb) Read full story

  Posted on: 1 May 2010

• Health Reform

  Our hospital reformation (PDF) (3 Mb) Read full story

  Posted on: 1 Apr 2010

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