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2004
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Queue jumping claim rejected by AMA
09/11/2004AMA Victoria President Dr Sam Lees said patients who funded their surgery were not disadvantaging public hospital patients. “They are not queue jumping. They are not taking the place of someone further up the hospital’s elective surgery list for...
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Choice is not an option for smokers
12/10/2004AMA Victoria President, Dr Sam Lees today welcomed the Bracks Government smoking ban inside all buildings in Victoria, except private homes by 2007 but expressed concern about the timeliness of the ban implementation. Dr Lees said the effects of active and...
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Labor’s Medicare Gold – a Grand Plan, but not the Right Perscription
01/10/2004Labor’s Medicare Gold policy announced yesterday attempts to give older Australians better access to the right type of care, however it doesn’t come to grips with the complexities of our health system as it fails to address its impact on the medical...
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Labor Hospital Policy Welcomed but Lacks Coordination
23/09/2004AMA Victoria President, Dr Sam Lees, said today that he is disappointed with Labor’s Plan for Better Hospitals and Better Care. Dr Lees said that whilst Labor clearly recognises the problems confronting our public hospitals, the proposed $1 billion injection...
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AMA Victoria Welcomes New CEO
03/06/2004The Victorian President of the Australian Medical Association, Dr Sam Lees, is delighted to announce that Ms Jane Stephens has officially commenced her appointment as Chief Executive Officer of the Branch. Ms Stephens comes to AMA Victoria from the Victorian...
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Budget offers hope in key areas for health
04/05/2004AMA Victoria President, Dr Sam Lees, has acknowledged progress made in today’s state budget, but said that Mental Health remained an area consistently and disappointingly overlooked by the Victorian Government. "AMA Victoria made a pre-budget submission...
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AMA Says Taxi Backflip Not Good Enough
19/02/2004AMA Victoria has criticised the State Government’s sloppy, on the run policy development in the wake of yesterday’s announcements regarding changes to the Multi-Purpose Taxi Scheme. Dr Mark Yates, AMA Victoria Vice-President and Aged Care spokesperson,...
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AMA Victoria Calls for a Response to Neonatal Emergency
16/02/2004Revelations that a Melbourne woman was forced to fly interstate for the premature delivery of twins due to a local intensive care bed shortage have prompted AMA Victoria to call on the State Government to immediately respond to a neonatal planning review....
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Country Victoria the Big Loser in Hospital Board Appointments
23/01/2004Rural Victorians could be missing out on the same quality health care as their metropolitan counterparts as a result of State Government insistence on barring medical practitioners from Hospital Boards. Preliminary results of a sample survey conducted by AMA...
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New Doctors Hit the Wards
13/01/2004Victoria'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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