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Health is the best investment: Shifting from a sickcare system to a

WEBThe AMA Vision for Australia’s Health provides a blueprint for healthcare investment across five pillars: general practice, public hospitals, private health, a health system for all, and …

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Social Determinants of Health

WEBThe AMA Position Statement on Social Determinants of Health 2020 was finalised and endorsed by the AMA Federal Council in early 2020, shortly before the …

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The AMA Private Health Insurance Report Card 2021

WEBThe AMA’s 2021 Private Health Insurance Report Card highlights the trends that exist for private health insurance and the impacts and problems these trends …

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Review to get more doctors in regional, rural and remote Australia

WEBPublished 23 November 2023. Federal Health Minister Mark Butler has announced a review to consider new incentives to attract doctors to areas of workforce shortages, particularly …

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AMA’s vision for a connected healthcare system

WEBThe fifth pillar of the AMA’s Vision for Australia’s Health is a ‘health system for the future’ and in pursuit of this aim, the AMA Federal Council adopted a new …

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Health system failing those with poor mental health

WEBPublished 7 November 2022. A new report card from the Australian Medical Association has found Australia’s health system and its public hospitals are failing people with poor …

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Environmental Sustainability in Health Care

WEBThe AMA believes that achieving environmental sustainability in health care is essential to improving the way Australia’s health system functions. Enhancing …

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Medical sector calls for urgent action on climate change and …

WEB“Health issues associated with climate change are only becoming more severe due to the rapid rate of global heating caused by greenhouse gases,” Professor …

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Hospital system shows cracks under weight of demand and under …

WEBDr Khorshid said health policy decision makers needed to understand and recognise that costs associated with inadequate prevention and delayed elective …

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AMA redoubles efforts to stop Honeysuckle and nib introducing …

WEBDr Khorshid said Honeysuckle Health had said it was committed to clinical autonomy, however, in the real world insurers were increasingly intruding on decisions …

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Public hospital funding agreement needs complete makeover

WEBPublished 22 May 2023. The Australian Medical Association has found the key objectives of Australia’s public hospital funding arrangement are not being met and says the …

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New Standards of Care for Trans and Gender Diverse People

WEBWith an estimated 2–3% of young people identifying as transgender or gender diverse (TGD), most health care professionals will provide care for a TGD …

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Healthcare sector approach to AI required

WEB02 6270 5478. 0427 209 753. [email protected]. @ama_media. @amapresident. ‌ @AustralianMedicalAssociation. Australia needs stronger governance …

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New hospital funding will free up beds Australian Medical …

WEBNew funding to help patients out of hospital and into aged or disability care will free up beds and ease pressure on stretched emergency departments. “We …

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Calls for clearer labels on health risks of alcohol

WEBThe AMA has joined the Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education (FARE) and the RACGP to call for health warnings on alcohol. FARE conducted a …

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Clear the hospital logjam Australian Medical Association

WEBA total of 7,019 specialised mental health public hospital beds were available in 2019–2020, providing 2.3 million patient days to people in hospital. 26. Measured by …

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2022 Public hospital report card

WEBFurthermore, the ABS survey statistics from 2001 onwards show a constant growth in self-reported poor mental health. In 2001, 9.6 per cent of the population reported mental and …

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Social Determinants of Health and the Prevention of Health …

WEBHealth inequities are those inequalities that are avoidable. 1.4 Equity Equity can be considered as being equal access to services for equal need, equal utilisation of …

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One size does not fit all when it comes to standards: Australian

WEBChair of the AMA Council of General Practice, Dr Richard Kidd, writes in this month’s edition of Australian Medicine about the AMA’s concerns over the increasing …

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Sickly Sweet Australian Medical Association

WEBAustralians consume more than 2.4 billion litres of sugary drinks every year. That’s enough to fill 960 Olympic sized swimming pools. And this is fuelling the nation’s growing obesity …

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Discussion paper: Rethinking funding models to align with …

WEBAs it stands today, Australia’s health system looks less and less like the system needed to care for a growing and ageing population with increased complex and …

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