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2005
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Think To Drink This Christmas - in partnership with South East Water
21/12/2005South East Water and the Australian Medical Association (Victoria) have advised the community to stay hydrated during the festive season. Despite Melbourne being under permanent water saving rules the local water authority encourages residents to drink plenty...
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AMA Victoria says go drink for drink
19/12/2005AMA Victoria President, Dr Mark Yates today appealed to Victorians to take care when drinking alcohol this holiday season and remember the ‘one for one’ rule when drinking: One glass of water between each alcoholic drink. “The combination...
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Chance to address Victoria’s acute doctor shortage
12/12/2005AMA Victorian President, Dr Mark Yates today warned that rural Victorians would be unfairly disadvantaged under proposed changes to the funding formula for rural health programs. Dr Yates today called upon the state and federal governments to reconsider key...
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Health Professions Registration Bill – Premier asked to intervene
22/11/2005Victoria’s peak health profession bodies have called on the State Government to defer the Health Professions Registration Bill until “serious flaws” are resolved. Presidents of AMA Victoria, Australian Dental Association (Victoria), Pharmaceutical...
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Health Professions Registrations Bill is a mess – needs more work
15/11/2005Peak medical bodies from across Victoria have joined together united in their concerns regarding key aspects of the Health Professions Registration Bill 2005. Presidents of the Australian Medical Association (Victoria) Limited, Australian Dental Association...
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Rural plan a good starting point
11/11/2005The Australian Medical Association of Victoria has welcomed the State Government’s release of its rural health strategy but cautioned that there was a great deal of work yet to be done to provide a meaningful blueprint for the future of rural health...
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Doctors welcome Sentinel Report
02/11/2005The Australian Medical Association Victoria President, Dr Mark Yates says doctors should be commended for their increasing support of the sentinel event reporting system in the state’s hospitals. “The community should be assured that the increase...
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Doctors cry foul over government’s registration plans
15/10/2005Doctors warn the state government is about to undermine their professional standards and consequently the safety of health care in Victoria. The State Government is drafting legislation which will dramatically change the way health profession standards in...
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Make canteens fat free - doctors
28/09/2005AMA Victoria President, Dr Mark Yates today called on the state government to invest in the fight against childhood obesity by supporting schools to run healthy canteens. Dr Yates said that while some schools had implemented healthy food policies in their...
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AMA Victoria pushes for warning labels on alcohol products
01/09/2005AMA Victoria today joined the Salvation Army in their call for warnings on alcohol products that inform women of the risks associated with consumption of alcohol during pregnancies. AMA Victoria helped launch the Salvation Army’s Alcohol Awareness campaign...
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Short term fixes don't work, we need a plan!
22/08/2005AMA Victoria President Dr Mark Yates today said the short-term fix at Seymour Hospital had clearly failed. “The community will continue to face uncertainty regarding access to quality health services while hospital management fails to effectively address...
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AMA urges bipartisan support for schools smoking ban
08/08/2005AMA Victoria President Dr Mark Yates has welcomed state Opposition moves to include schools and school grounds in Victoria ’s latest smoking control reforms. Dr Yates appealed for bipartisan support for the amendments to the Tobacco (Amendment) Bill...
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Call for Board to get hospital back on track
03/08/2005AMA Victoria immediate Past President and Vice President, Dr Sam Lees tonight called on the State government to accelerate the advertising and appointment of the new Board for Sale Hospital. Speaking at a community meeting highlighting issues at the hospital,...
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Resuscitation of taxi program welcomed
02/08/2005AMA Victoria President and Geriatrician, Dr Mark Yates today welcomed the State Government’s announcement to increase the cap for users of the Multi Purpose Taxi Program, but said there was still room for improvement. Dr Yates said that the program was...
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Smoking in Schools
20/07/2005AMA Victoria President Dr Mark Yates has called on the State Government and Opposition to urgently close loopholes in the tobacco control legislation currently before Parliament. “The government has moved to ban smoking at under age music/dance events...
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Supreme Court order to release records
30/06/2005The Supreme Court decision this week forcing the Royal Women’s Hospital to release a patient’s records has major implications for the medical profession and the community, AMA Victoria President Dr Mark Yates said. “We cannot underestimate...
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Smoking in Cars
17/06/2005AMA Victoria President Dr Mark Yates today praised the support from various health lobby groups and Democrats Leader Senator Lyn Allison to ban smoking in cars carrying passengers, and in particular children. “This is not about taking away freedom of...
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New President for AMA Victoria
17/05/2005Dr Mark Yates was elected unopposed as President of AMA Victoria tonight. Dr Yates takes over the position of President following the 2 year contribution of Dr Sam Lees, a rural GP in Korumburra in South Gippsland. Dr Mark Yates is a geriatrician and Clinical...
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Fad diets are bad diets
18/01/2005AMA Victoria President, Dr Sam Lees today welcomed the State Government Fad Diets Won’t Work initiative. “A healthy lifestyle rather than a quick fix solution is the proven path to sustain a healthy weight,” he said. “Fad or crash ‘diets’,...
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Another one bites the dust: hospital closures
17/01/2005AMA Victoria President, Dr Sam Lees said that the closure of theatre services at the local hospital in Kooweerup is a clear indication of the ongoing lack of Government support for rural Victorian hospitals. Dr Lees said that the Victorian Government is failing...
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AMA Victoria calls on Minister to intervene on surgery closure
17/01/2005AMA Victoria is gravely concerned at the news of the proposed closure of surgery at the Rochester Elmore District Health Service. “This has been done without consultation with the very committed local doctors who are devastated by this decision,”...
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