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2003
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Disabled and elderly the victims of rethink on taxi subsidies
28/11/2003AMA Victoria has called on the Victorian Government to rethink recent cutbacks to the Multi Purpose Taxi Scheme that has left many of the state’s disabled and elderly without affordable transport. Until now the elderly and the disabled with restricted...
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AMA Victoria pans State Government ideology over Hospital Board appointments
06/11/2003AMA Victoria has slammed a State Government decision to outlaw senior doctors from serving on their own Public Hospital Boards, as a backward step that could lead to rural communities losing out. The Department of Human Services “Guidelines for Boards...
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AMA criticises inadequacy of tort law reform
30/10/2003AMA Victoria has expressed extreme disappointment over the State Government’s steadfast refusal to hear concerns of Victorian doctors regarding a failure to return to the Bolam principle. Despite seeking to clarify the law of negligence the Bracks Government...
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Health Ministers indifference jeopardises public health in Victoria
16/10/2003Victorian doctors may be forced to reconsider their position in public hospitals following Health Minister Bronwen Pike’s rejection of negligence reform in regards to professional standards of care. Minister Pike has steadfastly refused to hear the concerns...
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AMA Victoria warns of public hospital strife over medical indemnity
10/10/2003AMA Victoria has issued a stern warning to both State and Federal Governments that urgent action is required to avoid a mass exodus of doctors from the public hospital system. AMA Victoria President Dr Sam Lees said the Victorian and Federal Governments could...
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GP Survey reveals worrying trends in public hospital communication
11/09/2003A survey of Victorian doctors has revealed major concerns over communication between public hospitals and general practitioners that could adversely affect patient care. The results of the survey released today, which reviewed the responses of 150 GPs about...
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AMA Victoria slams bonded medical places initiative
23/07/2003AMA Victoria has attacked the Federal Government, branding its plans to increase the number of medical student places by bonding doctors to areas of workforce shortage as a backward step akin to conscription. The initiative, part of the Federal Government’s...
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Future of Medical Services in Victoria hangs in the balance
04/06/2003AMA Victoria has called on all parties to provide unequivocal support for the passage of the Wrongs and Limitations Acts (Insurance Reform) Bill, warning that the consequences for Victorian healthcare would be disastrous should a delay or amendment occur....
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Dr Mukesh Haikerwal appointed as Federal AMA Vice-President
02/06/2003Immediate Past President of AMA Victoria, Dr Mukesh Haikerwal was elected Vice-President of the Federal AMA yesterday. With his indefatigable commitment to representing his colleagues the defining feature of his career in medical politics, Dr Haikerwal’s...
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Rural GP to lead AMA Victoria
21/05/2003Dr Sam Lees is the new President of AMA Victoria after being elected unopposed by the AMA Victoria Council last night. Dr Lees has been a Vice-President of AMA Victoria for the past ten years and during this period has been a vital and tireless commentator...
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AMA Victoria responds to State Government pledge to Tort Law Reform
20/05/2003The State Government’s commitment to maintaining access to quality healthcare for Victorians took a step in the right direction today as the Premier unveiled a package for significant insurance reform. AMA Victoria President Dr Mukesh Haikerwal said...
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State Government must stop dodging the Indemnity issue
18/05/2003AMA Victoria has demanded the State Government act now to diffuse what is fast becoming the biggest medical workforce crisis in Victoria’s history. With only a few more weeks before doctors have to make final decisions about their future the State Government...
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Premier Bracks turns his back on Ballarat
13/05/2003In 1954 Stephen Phillip Bracks, today Premier of Victoria, was one of the many people privileged to be brought into this world in the excellent obstetric services available in Ballarat. Why does the Premier now decline to take action to enable future mothers...
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Government doesn’t get it: No fix for Indemnity Crisis
09/05/2003AMA Victoria President, Dr Mukesh Haikerwal, lamented today the inaction and apparent indifference of the Premier and his Ministers in dealing with the medical indemnity crisis. "We've been calling for action from the Bracks Government in meetings with...
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AMA Victoria takes drastic steps to warn State Government of impending health disaster
26/04/2003AMA Victoria took unprecedented action today to alert the community to the consequences of the State Government stalemate on resolving the medical indemnity crisis. An advertisement, featured in both The Age and The Herald-Sun, is aimed at informing the public...
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Victorian Doctors join forces to send a clear message on Medical Indemnity
06/04/2003The immediate crisis in Medical Indemnity will sound the death knell for quality health care in the State of Victoria with doctors indicating they are completely under-whelmed with the lack of State Government response on the issue. AMA Victoria President,...
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AMA Victoria tells State Government that now is the time to act on Indemnity Crisis
26/03/2003AMA Victoria has hit out at the State Government over their failure to implement necessary medical indemnity reform, saying that the inaction poses a real threat to the Victorian health system. Information received by AMA Victoria has indicated the most likely...
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Medical Indemnity Crisis reaches boiling point
05/03/2003Attendees at an AMA Victoria meeting of obstetricians last night confirmed that many clinicians have already decided to restrict their practice or retire altogether in order to avoid the impact of the proposed changes to medical indemnity after July 1 2003....
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Victorian Public Hospitals hit trouble
27/02/2003Victoria’s public hospital system was put on the critical list today as the Auditor’s General’s report on Public Sector Agencies revealed the overall financial position of public hospitals had deteriorated significantly in the year to 30...
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New doctors hit the wards
08/01/2003Victoria's newest doctors-in-training (DITs) hit the wards this week, with around 350 taking up intern positions at public hospitals around the state. All doctors must spend at least one year as an intern in a public hospital before they are able to apply...
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