AMA ACT

Counting down until staff begin moving into the new Canberra Hospital Critical Services Building on August 17. Dr Clair Bannerman is one of many doctors who will be moving across. She says the orientation tours and transition rostering has been "exceptional". Would you agree?

If you'd like to see fairer rego fees for healthcare workers on parental leave please sign the petition. Ahpra and the 15 National Boards don't currently lower fees to assist healthcare workers who take parental leave. megaphone.org.au/petitions/ahpr…

AMA ACT's second Politics in the Pub event is on again this evening. Members are invited to come hear the ACT health minister and other candidates respond to doctors' concerns as an election looms.

The number of locally-trained interns at Canberra Health Services has fallen dramatically. We asked grads why. issuu.com/ama-act/docs/a… via @issuu

Just over half of Canberra's trainee doctors responded to this year's Medical Training Survey. The results are encouraging after years of dismal feedback. Canberra Doctor Issue 6 2023 issuu.com/ama-act/docs/c… via @issuu

Canberra Doctor - Issue 5 - now online. ACT Govt snubs GPs. Father and son drs disagree on DHR. Pain points for JMOs identified. Student prize. Blue-titting. And more! issuu.com/ama-act/docs/a… via @issuu

The ACT’s Dr Louise Stone features in this story on sexual assault in medicine saying that female doctors are vulnerable to sexual assault due to hospital work environments, theguardian.com/australia-news…

Payroll tax: Qld to rule direct GP payments exempt medicalrepublic.com.au/payroll-tax-ql… Victoria becomes the laggard state. We used to pride ourselves on innovation! Progress! Enlightened thinking 🤔!  Waiting! @timpallas A rally and other action soon. .@ausgpalliance @RACGP @amavictoria

GPs and their patients can tonight breathe a sigh of relief, with the Government announcing it won't be pursuing a tax crackdown on doctor's practices. @TimArvier9 #9News

As @lucybladen reports some ACT practices have hiked appointment fees due to the newly applied payroll tax on independent contractor GPs. We need action, or patients will miss out on the care they need and pressure on health system will grow. #PatientTax braidwoodtimes.com.au/story/8348682/…

Great news! The Qld Govt has announced that GP services will not be subject to extra payroll tax – a move that will help keep essential general practice care affordable. As a Queensland GP and practice owner, I know this is a win for GPs, practice teams and patients. #PatientTax

In meeting after meeting GPs have told the Barr Govt they’d have no choice but to pass the new tax on to patients. @amapresident @RACGPPresident @ABarrMLA @ElizabethLeeMLA

GPs have repeatedly told the ACT Government that they’ll have no option but to pass the new payroll tax on to patients. Sign the petition to stop the tax here: epetitions.parliament.act.gov.au/details/e-pet-…@amapresident @canberratimes @ElizabethLeeMLA @ABarrMLA @abccanberra @RACGPPresident

Are we training our healthcare workforce with the skills and knowledge for the work they are expected to do? Can we do this even better…? Some recommendations… #OR23

Trying to address wellbeing and overwhelmed about where to start? You are not alone…we need to learn connect our well-being champions so we can learn from one another…we don’t need to reinvent the wheel #OR23

How do we bring all the moving parts together to address #healthcare worker #wellbeing? Our experts agree we need a national workforce wellbeing strategy. How can we make this happen?@mindfullmedic @DrJaneMunro @amapresident @RyanPark_Keira @DrSarahDalton @sophiescott2

Sustaining our humans in healthcare; An evidence based approach is vital - less surveys, more meaningful questions that can be benchmarked, fed back to staff and promote solution based thinking…#OR23

Thursday this week is #RUOKDay2023. We're sharing messages from doctors on the importance of asking 'RUOK', and ensuring they know how to get help when they need it. Hear from AMA (ACT) President-Elect and Drs4Drs ACT Medical Director Dr Kerrie Aust about how Drs4Drs can help.

President of the @AMA_ACT Dr Walter Abhayaratna is a hospital doctor and is raising serious concerns about the devastating impact on the health system due to Andrew Barr’s GP tax

⁦Great to connect with Tait again at @ORW23 in Sydney, Australia.Wish everyone ⁦⁦@StanfordWellMD⁩ all the very best. Thanks again for the great CWO course experience in 2022