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Public hospital doctors offered new pay deal
22/12/200822 December 2008 Victoria’s public hospital doctors have been offered pay increases of between 6 and 28 per cent in a new enterprise bargaining deal offered by the Victorian Government today. AMA Victoria President Dr Doug Travis said the Association...
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Doctors welcome end to tobacco displays
22/12/200822 December 2008 AMA Victoria welcomes the State Government’s announcement today to ban retail tobacco display and point of sale advertising as part of its Tobacco Control Strategy. Other welcome measures include banning smoking in cars with children,...
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Albury Wodonga health service amalgamation welcomed
19/12/200819 December 2008 AMA Victoria has welcomed the Victorian and New South Wales governments’ announcement today to set up a single health service for the Albury Wodonga community in July 2009. AMA Victoria President Dr Doug Travis said patients, doctors...
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Victorian Medical Directory: making referrals easy
05/12/20085 December 2008 Doctors will now be able to access referral information with ease following today’s launch of AMA Victoria’s online doctor search database, the Victorian Medical Directory. The Victorian Medical Directory (VMD) is an online version...
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Every buck counts (The Age, letter to the editor)
28/11/200828 November 2008 Last year Prime Minister Rudd told Australia that in health care reform, "the buck stops with me". Despite these assurances, Victorian public hospital performance has declined markedly over the past year. More Victorians than ever...
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Where does the buck stop in health?
27/11/200827 November 2008 The Prime Minister must deliver a fairer share of public hospital funding at Saturday’s Council of Australian Government (COAG) meeting to allow Victorian public hospitals to make crucial improvements to capacity and patient care, AMA...
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Young doctors out in the cold (Shepparton News, letter to the editor)
27/11/200827 November 2008 Shepparton, like most of country Victoria, is short of doctors and the Brumby Government is about to make the problem even worse. Australian Medical Association Victoria is currently negotiating a new pay deal with the Victorian Government...
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State gets mean on country practice (Bendigo Advertiser, opinion editorial)
22/11/200822 November 2008 By Dr Doug Travis Rent aid for metro doctors on regional rotation is about to be withdrawn ... Bendigo, like most of country Victoria, is short of doctors, and the Victorian Government is about to make the problem of attracting and retaining...
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Fair go from the feds needed to rescue Victorian hospital performance
12/11/200812 November 2008 An increased Commonwealth contribution to public hospital funding would dramatically improve patient care and declining performance at Victoria’s public hospitals, AMA Victoria President Dr Doug Travis said today. The call came as the...
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Doctors call for end to EBA uncertainty
10/11/200810 November 2008 Doctors today called on the Brumby Government to quickly finalise a new deal on pay and conditions for the state’s 6000 public hospital doctors. The previous Enterprise Bargaining Agreement (EBA) for public hospital doctors expired four...
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Doctors’ plea for action to keep surgeons
04/11/20084 November 2008 Victorians face longer waits for elective surgery unless the Brumby Government acts urgently to retain disillusioned surgeons. AMA Victoria President Dr Doug Travis said today that public hospital doctors in Victoria received frequent job offers...
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Statement from Dr Mukesh Haikerwal
30/10/200830 October 2008 Family General Practitioner and former AMA president Dr Mukesh Haikerwal said today that he considered himself “lucky and blessed to be cared for in the Australian health system with the many highly motivated and exceptionally talented...
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AMA Victoria comment on the Ombudsman’s Report of an Investigation into issues at Bayside Health
29/10/200829 October 2008 The report details a number of specific concerns including wholesale failures of administrative arrangements at the TAC and Bayside Health. We note the Ombudsman has begun a separate investigation into TAC and WorkSafe insurance arrangements....
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Baby boom renews calls for more hospital beds
28/10/200828 October 2008 A 30-year high in Victorian birth rates demonstrates the need for better government planning for health and hospital services, according to AMA Victoria. Australian Bureau of Statistics figures released today revealed Victoria has recorded...
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Junior medical staff threaten action
21/10/200821 October 2008 A meeting of Royal Melbourne Hospital residents and registrars has called on the state Health Minister to act on the Ministerial Review of Victorian Public Health Medical Staff and the Enterprise Bargaining Agreement with AMA Victoria. They...
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100 comments highlight hospital inequities
17/10/200817 October 2008 The Doctors4Hospitals campaign blog, set up by AMA Victoria to explore pay and working conditions of hospital medical employees, has reached a milestone with its 100th entry. The blog has been in operation since early last month. AMA Victoria...
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We need to keep our doctors
13/10/200813 October 2008 There has been an increasing doctor exodus from Victoria to Queensland, according to new figures revealed today. In 2007-08, Queensland registered 217 new doctors who received their qualifications in Victoria, an increase of 31 over the previous...
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Victorian Doctors in Training worried about their future
09/10/200809 October 2008 Doctors in training last night demanded immediate action to ensure that training for the next generation of doctors was not compromised by the Victorian Government. “We need good doctors to provide good health care,” AMA Victoria...
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More Box Hill patients missing out on care
06/10/200803 October 2008 Box Hill Hospital is struggling to cope with an influx of patients and more locals are missing out on timely care than ever before, AMA Victoria President Dr Doug Travis said following the release of the Victorian Government’s Your Hospitals...
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More Alfred Hospital patients missing out on care
06/10/200803 October 2008 The Alfred Hospital is struggling to cope with an influx of patients and more locals are missing out on timely care than ever before, AMA Victoria President Dr Doug Travis said following the release of the Victorian Government’s Your...
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More Monash patients missing out on care
06/10/200803 October 2008 Monash Medical Centre is struggling to cope with an influx of patients and more locals are missing out on timely care than ever before, AMA Victoria President Dr Doug Travis said following the release of the Victorian Government’s Your...
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More Latrobe Regional Hospital patients missing out on care
06/10/200803 October 2008 Latrobe Regional Hospital is struggling to cope with an influx of patients and more locals are missing out on timely care than ever before, AMA Victoria President Dr Doug Travis said following the release of the Victorian Government’s...
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More Royal Melbourne Hospital patients missing out on care
06/10/200803 October 2008 Royal Melbourne Hospital is struggling to cope with an influx of patients and more locals are missing out on timely care than ever before, AMA Victoria President Dr Doug Travis said following the release of the Victorian Government’s...
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More St Vincent’s Hospital patients missing out on care
06/10/200803 October 2008 St Vincent’s Hospital is struggling to cope with an influx of patients and more locals are missing out on timely care than ever before, AMA Victoria President Dr Doug Travis said following the release of the Victorian Government’s...
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More Austin Hospital patients missing out on care
06/10/200803 October 2008 Austin Hospital is struggling to cope with an influx of patients and more locals are missing out on timely care than ever before, AMA Victoria President Dr Doug Travis said following the release of the Victorian Government’s Your Hospitals...
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More Maroondah Hospital patients missing out on care
06/10/200803 October 2008 Maroondah Hospital is struggling to cope with an influx of patients and more locals are missing out on timely care than ever before, AMA Victoria President Dr Doug Travis said following the release of the Victorian Government’s Your Hospitals...
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More Goulburn Valley Hospital patients missing out on care
06/10/200803 October 2008 Goulburn Valley Hospital is struggling to cope with an influx of patients and more locals are missing out on timely care than ever before, AMA Victoria President Dr Doug Travis said following the release of the Victorian Government’s...
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More Bendigo patients missing out on care
06/10/200803 October 2008 Bendigo Hospital is struggling to cope with an influx of patients and more locals are missing out on timely care than ever before, AMA Victoria President Dr Doug Travis said following the release of the Victorian Government’s Your Hospitals...
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More Ballarat Hospital patients missing out on care
06/10/200803 October 2008 Ballarat Hospital is struggling to cope with an influx of patients and more locals are missing out on timely care than ever before AMA Victoria President Dr Doug Travis said following the release of the Victorian Government’s Your Hospitals...
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Individual hospitals data: What the Your Hospitals Report doesn't say
03/10/200803 October 2008 The latest Your Hospitals report reveals more Victorians are missing out on clinically appropriate care than ever before. More than 363,000 Victorians did not receive access to medical care within clinically appropriate timeframes — an...
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Record numbers of Victorians missing out on care
02/10/200802 October 2008 The latest Your Hospitals report reveals more Victorians are missing out on clinically appropriate care than ever before, AMA Victoria President Dr Doug Travis said today. More than 363,000 Victorians did not receive access to medical care...
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Victorian doctor recruitment falls further behind
30/09/200830 September 2008 Victorians face longer elective surgery waits as the state’s overseas recruitment efforts fail and international doctors choose Queensland as their preferred Australian state. New figures show Queensland has recruited twice as many...
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Dr Mukesh Haikerwal recovering following attack
29/09/200829 September 2008 The attack on former AMA president Dr Mukesh Haikerwal was random, senseless and totally unprovoked, AMA Victoria President, Dr Doug Travis said today. “We understand that his injuries are serious but that he is making good progress...
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Geelong doctors slam government EBA inaction
27/09/200827 September 2008 Medical Staff at Barwon Health slammed the Victorian Government for its lack of progress in offering a new enterprise bargaining agreement for the state’s public hospital doctors at a meeting with AMA Victoria this week. The public...
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Peter Mac doctors slam government EBA inaction
25/09/200825 September 2008 Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre’s meeting of senior medical staff have passed a resolution condemning the State government’s lack of progress in offering a new enterprise bargaining agreement and failure to make hospital improvements...
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Health plan essential to support population increase
25/09/200825 September 2008 AMA Victoria today urged the state government to plan for adequate health services to accommodate Melbourne’s unprecedented population increase. Victoria has experienced the biggest baby boom since 1973, with more than 37,000 births...
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Teamwork for peace of mind (Herald Sun, letter to the editor)
24/09/200817 September 2008 Midwives and doctors work together to provide the best care for the patient. Women who choose to give birth in a hospital have the peace of mind knowing they have full access to available resources - including treatment by a doctor - should...
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RMH doctors concerned over government EBA inaction
11/09/200811 September 2008 Medical Staff at the Royal Melbourne Hospital expressed grave concern over the Victorian Government for its lack of progress in offering a new enterprise bargaining agreement for the state’s public hospital doctors at a meeting with...
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The Big Kill: Smoking claims almost 4000 lives every year
10/09/200810 September 2008 A SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT FROM VICTORIA’S PEAK HEALTH BODIES Figures released today reveal smoking is the leading cause of preventable death in every local government area in the State, claiming the lives of almost 4000 Victorians annually....
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Bendigo doctors slam government EBA inaction
06/09/20086 September 2008 Medical Staff at Bendigo Hospital slammed the Victorian Government for its lack of progress in offering a new enterprise bargaining agreement for the state’s public hospital doctors at a meeting with AMA Victoria this week. The public...
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Trend to bigger clinics (Progress Leader, letter to the editor)
02/09/20082 September 2008 It is disappointing for doctors and their patients when a general practice clinic is forced to close its doors, whether it is a result of a corporate takeover or other factors (Doctor exodus critical in Balwyn North, Progress Leader 19/8)....
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Practice solutions for doctors
29/08/200829 August 2008 Victorian GPs, specialists, practice managers and Doctors in Training can register now to attend the 5th Private Practice Expo (PPE 08), the most comprehensive showcase of local products and services for medical practices, to be held at Melbourne...
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Ballarat doctors slam government EBA inaction
29/08/200829 August 2008 Medical Staff at Ballarat Health Services slammed the Victorian Government for its lack of progress in offering a new enterprise bargaining agreement for the state’s public hospital doctors at a meeting with AMA Victoria yesterday. The...
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Medical services on demand. It's not so (The Age, letter to the editor)
25/08/200825 August 2008 The new legislation introduced to decriminalise termination of pregnancy is not abortion on demand. A doctor's professional duty precludes simply acceding to a patient's demands for any medical procedure. The procedure must be in the best interests...
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Alfred doctors slam government EBA inaction
21/08/200821 August 2008 Senior Medical Staff at The Alfred Hospital slammed the Victorian Government for its lack of progress in offering a new enterprise bargaining agreement for the state’s public hospital doctors. At a meeting with AMA Victoria last week the...
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Doctors welcome tobacco reform plan
21/08/200821 August 2008 AMA Victoria today welcomed the State Government’s Tobacco Control Strategy proposal to ban smoking in cars carrying children. “The effects of passive smoking are harmful, especially to children, and that harm increases when the...
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AMA Victoria to hear Mallee doctors’ concerns
18/08/200818 August 2008 AMA Victoria will be told the concerns and ideas of local doctors at its Mallee subdivision meeting in Mildura tomorrow (Tuesday) evening. Doctors will have the opportunity to take the floor for two minutes to update their colleagues and AMA...
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AMA Victoria to hear local doctors’ concerns
08/08/20088 August 2008 AMA Victoria will be told the concerns and ideas of local doctors at its bi-annual South West subdivision meeting in Warrnambool on Tuesday evening (12 August). Doctors will have the opportunity to take the floor for two minutes to update their...
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Doctor receives medical prize medal, 49 years on
06/08/20086 August 2008 Eighty-one year old Red Hill resident and former pathologist Dr Kenneth McLean received his prestigious British Medical Association Annual Meeting Prize medal last week, 49 years after he was named prize winner. Dr McLean was awarded the British...
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Pathology prize awarded to local doctor
06/08/20086 August 2008 AMA Victoria President Dr Doug Travis recently awarded Hawthorn pathologist Dr Catriona McLean the prestigious Crawford Mollison Prize for the most notable contribution to pathology over the past three years at an AMA reception. Dr McLean was...
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More beds, please (The Age, letter to the editor)
02/08/20082 August 2008 Victoria has grown by 82,000 people in the past year (The Age,1/8). For this level of growth we should be seeing an extra four acute hospital beds added each week but we are seeing the equivalent of less than one. We now have a shortage of more...
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Medical community celebrates AMA Victoria achievements
31/07/2008Victoria’s medical and health community celebrated the achievements of AMA Victoria over the past 12 months at its annual President’s Reception at AMA House last night. AMA Victoria President Dr Doug Travis outlined the highlights of the past year...
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Victoria lagging behind on tobacco regulation
30/07/200830 July 2008 Victoria is lagging behind on tobacco regulation said AMA Victoria President Dr Doug Travis today following the NSW Cabinet approval of its ‘Protecting Children from Tobacco’ package. “New South Wales has made a huge leap forward...
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Conditions worsening, say local doctors
29/07/200829 July 2008 Gippsland doctors called on the State Government to address worsening conditions and low morale at Latrobe Regional Hospital at an AMA Victoria meeting in Traralgon last night. AMA Victoria President Dr Doug Travis, who attended the meeting, said...
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Real incentives needed to keep doctors (Bendigo Weekly, opinion)
25/07/2008VICTORIA attracts hundreds of new residents each week from overseas and interstate and as a result the population of our regional centres is soaring. To someone unfamiliar with the extent of Bendigo's medical workforce shortage it would seem strange that given...
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AMA to meet with Gippsland doctors
25/07/200825 July 2008 AMA Victoria will meet with Gippsland doctors on Monday (28 July) to hear their concerns, discuss the local impact of Victoria’s medical workforce crisis and provide an update on enterprise bargaining negotiations for public hospital doctors....
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AMA to meet with Ballarat doctors
21/07/200821 July 2008 AMA Victoria will meet with Ballarat doctors tomorrow (Tuesday) to hear their concerns and discuss the local impact of Victoria’s medical workforce crisis. “Ballarat is experiencing one of the worst GP shortages in the state, with...
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AMA Victoria position on Medical Treatment (Physician Assisted Dying) Bill 2008
04/07/20084 July 2008 AMA Victoria has advised MPs it does not support the Medical Treatment (Physician Assisted Dying) Bill 2008, which is due to be debated by the Legislative Council later this month. The AMA recognises the divergence of views regarding voluntary...
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Just another boozy night (Herald Sun, opinion)
30/06/200830 June 2008 Sunday. 1.00am. A twenty-something year-old man stumbles into the emergency department, blood dripping from a gash above his right eye, his two mates attempting prop up his 100kg frame. The triage nurse doesn’t need to ask if he’s...
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Nice hospital, sorry you won’t be allowed in
25/06/200825 June 2008 The Auditor-General’s report into the new Royal Women’s Hospital is another example of the Victorian Government failing to build enough hospital capacity to meet Victoria’s health needs, according to AMA Victoria President Dr...
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Brumby blueprint a good start
24/06/200824 June 2008 AMA Victoria today welcomed Premier John Brumby’s health reform plan to address key health concerns including public hospital funding shortfalls, growing waiting lists and increasing need for preventative health programs. “The Premier...
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Unnecessary red tape affects time with patients
19/06/200819 Jun 2008 AMA Victoria today said that young doctors were turned off from general practice because of all the paperwork! AMA Victoria Vice President, Dr Harry Hemley, said that unnecessary paperwork was severely affecting the amount of time GPs were able...
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Doctors welcome Castlemaine fluoridation
18/06/200818 June 2008 AMA Victoria welcomes the State Government decision to fluoridate the tap water of Castlemaine and surrounding districts. “Fluoride is safe and effective,” says AMA Victoria President Dr Doug Travis. “The National Health and...
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Reform MBS for patient benefits
18/06/200818 June 2008 AMA Victoria Vice President, Dr Harry Hemley said the Rudd Government must reform the Medicare Benefit Schedule (MBS) to better rebate patient’s access to GPs. “The MBS must also be properly indexed, aligned with increasing costs,”...
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Utilising general practice nurses better
17/06/200817 June 2008 AMA Victoria has joined the chorus of federal and state AMAs calling on the Rudd Government to support medical practices to improve the use of general practice nurses and help GPs to expand access to care. As part of General Practice Week, AMA...
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GP supply must keep pace with need
16/06/200816 Jun 08 As part of General Practice Week, AMA Victoria again called on the Federal Government to help encourage new medical school graduates to choose to become a GP in Victoria. AMA Victoria Vice President, Dr Harry Hemley said the Rudd Government must...
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Protecting GPs and their patients
15/06/200815 June 2008 General practitioners are extremely concerned about protecting their patients from violence in their medical practices, according to AMAVictoria. As part of General Practice Week (15-21 June), The AMA today launched an anti-violence kit to make...
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General practice week 2008
15/06/200815 June 2008 AMA Victoria today launched General Practice Week (15-21 June) to emphasise the role that GPs play in making sure that patients get access to the health care services they need. AMA Victoria Vice President, Dr Harry Hemley said supporting GPs...
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Overweight and obesity in Australia (MJA, letter to the editor)
02/06/20082 June 2008 Obesity is a complex public policy issue. There are no easy solutions, and the medical profession needs to work with communities, governments, researchers, teachers, parents, industry and others to help all Australians achieve and maintain a healthy...
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Peer support for troubled doctors
30/05/200830 May 2008 AMA Victoria’s Peer Support Service is now available to provide first-line counselling by doctors for doctors on a range of issues including workload concerns, stress and burnout, trauma, personal issues and wellbeing. Volunteer telephone...
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Footy a breath of fresh air (Herald Sun, opinion)
29/05/2008For Hawks fans, it was a great game at the MCG on Sunday. For us Demons tragics we left the G licking our wounds but quietly admitting it was a pretty thrilling afternoon. There were other benefits: it gave me a break from work, and it got me out in the fresh...
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MEDICAL MEDIA SNAPSHOTS
28/05/200828 May 2008 NO TO TOBACCO Banning all forms of tobacco industry advertising, promotion of tobacco products and sponsorship of events by cigarette companies should be a genuine and urgent priority for the State Government, says AMA president Dr Doug Travis....
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AMA Victoria can make practice perfect
27/05/200827 May 2008 AMA Victoria is making its first moves into the recruitment industry with the launch of mpstaff, a medical practice recruitment service designed to find the right medical practice staff for general practitioners and specialists. mpstaff Recruitment...
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AMA Victoria to meet with Warrnambool doctors
19/05/200819 May 2008 AMA Victoria will meet with Warrnambool doctors tomorrow (Tuesday) to hear their concerns about local issues and discuss health care in the region. “Issues high on the agenda for local doctors are public hospital capacity problems, attracting...
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St Vincent’s Hospital under pressure
16/05/200816 May 2008 St Vincent’s Hospital is under enormous pressure and locals are missing out on clinically appropriate care, according to AMA Victoria President Dr Doug Travis, following the release this week of the Your Hospitals report. “St Vincent’s...
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Northern Hospital under pressure
16/05/200816 May 2008 Northern Hospital is under enormous pressure and locals are missing out on clinically appropriate care, according to AMA Victoria President Dr Doug Travis, following the release this week of the Your Hospitals report. “Northern Hospital is...
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Monash Medical Centre Hospital under pressure
16/05/200816 May 2008 Monash Medical Centre is under enormous pressure and locals are missing out on clinically appropriate care, according to AMA Victoria President Dr Doug Travis, following the release this week of the Your Hospitals report. “Monash Medical...
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Latrobe Regional Hospital under pressure
16/05/200816 May 2008 Latrobe Regional Hospital is under enormous pressure and locals are missing out on clinically appropriate care, according to AMA Victoria President Dr Doug Travis, following the release this week of the Your Hospitals report. “Latrobe Regional...
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Goulburn Valley Health under pressure
16/05/200816 May 2008 Goulburn Valley Health is under enormous pressure and locals are missing out on clinically appropriate care, according to AMA Victoria President Dr Doug Travis, following the release this week of the Your Hospitals report. “Goulburn Valley...
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Box Hill Hospital under pressure
16/05/200816 May 2008 Box Hill Hospital is under enormous pressure and locals are missing out on clinically appropriate care, according to AMA Victoria President Dr Doug Travis, following the release this week of the Your Hospitals report. “Box Hill Hospital is...
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Austin Hospital under pressure
16/05/200816May 2008 The Austin Hospital is under enormous pressure and locals are missing out on clinically appropriate care, according to AMA Victoria President Dr Doug Travis, following the release this week of the Your Hospitals report. “The Austin Hospital...
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The Alfred Hospital under pressure
16/05/200816 May 2008 The Alfred Hospital is under enormous pressure and locals are missing out on clinically appropriate care, according to AMA Victoria President Dr Doug Travis, following the release this week of the Your Hospitals report. “The Alfred Hospital...
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Frankston Hospital under pressure
16/05/200816 May 2008 Frankston Hospital is under enormous pressure and locals are missing out on clinically appropriate care, according to AMA Victoria President Dr Doug Travis, following the release this week of the Your Hospitals report. “Frankston Hospital...
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Victorian hospitals performance spiralling down
13/05/200813 May 2008 AMA Victoria President Dr Doug Travis says the Your Hospitals report reveals that our hospitals are failing to provide clinically appropriate care to a growing number of Victorians. “Victorian hospitals’ performance is spiralling down,”...
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New candidate school for medical admin
09/05/20089 May 2008 Are you looking to pursue a career in medical administration, reception, or practice management? AMA Victoria and mpstaff are offering a free candidate school to prepare receptionists and administrators to make this move. mpstaff is a new medical...
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Give active gifts this Mothers’ Day
07/05/20087 May 2008 There’s nothing quite like a lasting and moving gift for mum – and the more lasting and moving it is, the better. That’s the Mothers’ Day message from AMA Victoria this year. With increasing numbers of patients presenting...
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State Budget – prescriptions, outcomes and prognoses
06/05/20086 May 2008 More beds for public hospitals What AMA Victoria sought Improved capacity in Victorian public hospitals with an additional 600 hospital beds over four years ($881.8 million) What the Government has delivered Small increases in bed numbers in Warrnambool...
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State Budget – an opportunity lost, says AMA Victoria
06/05/20086 May 2008 The State Government had squandered a golden opportunity in the State Budget to address crucial health issues, AMA Victoria President, Dr Doug Travis, said today. “I’m scoring the Budget as six out of ten,” Dr Travis said. “Some...
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Hospital IT deathly ill (The Age, opinion)
06/05/20086 May 2008 There are myriad problems in the delivery of much-needed infrastructure. Picture an average Australian office in the 1970s. There were typewriters and card indexes but most of our work was done by pen and paper or on the phone.In the 21st Century...
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Doctors expect a hospital care package in the Budget
05/05/20085 May 2008 This week’s State Budget must be a strong statement on the future of Victoria’s public hospital system, according to AMA Victoria. AMA Victoria President, Dr Doug Travis, says the State Budget will need to address a range of problems...
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Budget savings needed
04/05/20084 May 2008 The State Government must increase core health services and halt the rapid growth of its own central office staff in this week’s state budget, AMA Victoria said today. “With hospital capacity straining to care for Victorians, the budget...
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AMA welcomes regional capital works upgrades
02/05/20082 May 2008 AMA Victoria welcomes the State Government’s announcement today to invest over $100 million in capital works in regional Victorian hospitals, including Warrnambool, Bendigo and Ballarat. AMA Victoria President Dr Doug Travis said: “There...
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Rural workforce rescue package essential
02/05/20082 May 2008 AMA Victoria has renewed its calls for the State Government to implement a rural workforce rescue package in next week’s budget to address workforce problems outlined in the Federal Health Minister’s rural health audit. “Regional...
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AMA Victoria & Victoria police: protecting local doctors
01/05/20081 May 2008 AMA Victoria and Victoria Police are helping local doctors to better protect themselves against increasing levels of aggression and violence in their consulting rooms with a Practice Security Briefing session at the Horsham Golf Club on next Thursday...
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Government hiding hospital performance figures?
30/04/200830 April 2008 AMA Victoria President Dr Doug Travis has asked the Government today why it is delaying release of the Your Hospitals report, which details performance data for Victorian public hospitals. The report was due at the end of March and is now a month...
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Doctors encourage families to walk to school on Friday 2 May
28/04/2008The Australian Medical Association Victoria is encouraging families to take part in Walk Safely to School Day on Friday 2 May 2008. “This is a great opportunity for parents and children to spend time together while getting the exercise they need to keep...
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Remember to drive safely this ANZAC Day weekend
24/04/200824 April 2008 AMA Victoria has called for motorists to take care this long weekend. Dr Doug Travis, President of AMA Victoria, said that motorists planning a long drive should stay off the grog the night before and get a good night’s sleep. “Take...
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Bad medicine: regional health services in poor shape (Geelong Advertiser, opinion)
16/04/200816 April 2008 Next month's State Budget will reveal the Brumby Government's strength of commitment to rural and regional health care in Victoria. The State’s ailing public hospital system is firmly in the political spotlight, with capacity crises, over-stressed...
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Better health for young men
10/04/200810 April 2008 National Youth Week (5 – 13 April) presents an ideal opportunity for young Australians, particularly young men, to consider their health and the choices they make which affect their wellbeing, AMA Victoria President Dr Doug Travis said...
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AMA Victoria to meet with Mallee doctors
07/04/20087 April 2008 AMA Victoria will meet with Mallee doctors tomorrow (Tuesday) to hear their concerns about local issues and discuss the problems of attracting and retaining doctors to the region. “The Mallee is experiencing the worst GP shortage in the...
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Smoking is biggest killer (Bendigo Advertiser, letter to the editor)
05/04/20082 April 2008 We know that smoking is the largest preventable cause of death and disease in Australia. We also know that in order to reduce the disease, disability and premature death caused by smoking, we need to reduce the number of individuals who smoke....
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Doctors need better work/life balance
03/04/20083 April 2008 An AMA report released today shows most doctors want flexible work arrangements to allow them to spend more time with family and friends but AMA Victoria President Dr Doug Travis says this is out of reach for many Victorian doctors. “Doctors...
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Calls to ban fruit and confectionery flavoured cigarettes
03/04/20083 April 2008 AMA Victoria supports the Federal Health Minister’s move to encourage states to ban fruit and confectionery flavoured cigarettes. “These products are marketed towards teenagers, which is unacceptable,” said AMA Victoria President...
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Presentation skills training for medical practitioners
02/04/20082 April 2008 AMA Victoria is preparing special workshops for doctors, medical students and practice staff wanting to brush up on their presentation skills. AMA Victoria’s Director of Training & Professional Support Vicki Bradford said the workshops,...
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Finally getting teeth into it (Herald Sun, letter to the editor)
29/03/2008Victorian doctors welcome the State Government decision to fluoridate Geelong and Ballarat tap water by the end of next year. Fluoride is safe and effective. The National Health and Medical Research Council has concluded that fluoridation of drinking water...
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Prevention better than cure
27/03/200827 March 2008 AMA Victoria today welcomed the Productivity Commission call for a target of 20 per cent of health care spending to be invested in longer term preventive health care. Commissioner Mr Mike Woods said today that investing in "wellness"...
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Sick system needs surgery (Herald Sun, opinion)
27/03/2008EVERY Victorian knows our public hospital system is on the precipice. Patients, doctors, nurses and other health care workers deal with the problems every day. The review commissioned by the former Health Minister Bronwyn Pike has found Victoria's public hospitals...
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Doctors welcome preventative health initiatives
18/03/200818 March 2008 AMA Victoria welcomes the State Government’s $600m WorkHealth initiative to fund preventative health screening for Victoria’s 2.6 million workers. “This is a much larger investment than we had anticipated,” said AMA Victoria...
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Support for new doctors needed
12/03/200812 March 2008 AMA Victoria is urging the Health Minister to channel extra funds and resources into training and supporting Victoria’s new doctors as the State Government moves to double its overseas trained doctor intake over the next six years. The...
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International Women’s Day: a healthy diary date
07/03/20087 March 2008 International Women’s Day (Saturday 8 March) presents an ideal opportunity for all Australian women to take a moment to consider their own health, AMA Victoria Vice President Dr Kate Duncan said today. “This is a day celebrated by...
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One new GP for half a million new Victorians
20/02/200820 February 2008 The number of general practitioners in Victoria has increased by just one doctor in the 10 years between 1996 and 2006 while the state population rose by more than half a million, government figures reveal. “Victoria’s doctor shortage...
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The weighting game (Herald Sun, letter to the editor)
19/02/200819 February 2008 Congratulations to the Herald Sun on your Kids’ Food Plan series. This excellent initiative with the Royal Children’s Hospital is a timely reminder for every parent to take responsibility for their children’s nutrition, despite...
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AMA to meet with local doctors
18/02/200818 February 2008 AMA Victoria will meet with Bendigo doctors tomorrow (Tuesday) to hear their concerns and discuss the future of health care in the region. “Issues high on the agenda for local doctors are funding for public hospitals, attracting and...
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Doctors need help (Shepparton News, letter to the editor)
13/02/20086 February 2008 International Medical Graduates are valued members of our rural and regional communities and are increasingly relied upon to bridge the medical workforce shortage which resulted from inadequate numbers of medical places a decade ago. Providing...
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Hospitals can be fixed, says AMA
12/02/200812 February 2008 AMA Victoria has today renewed its calls for the Federal Government to increase its share of public hospital funding to ease Victoria’s public hospital capacity problems. AMA Victoria President Dr Doug Travis said the Federal Government...
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Regions also deserve top quality healthcare (Ballarat Courier, opinion)
05/02/20085 February 2008 Every so often a government report comes out and states something which has for a long time been obvious to the people living with the problem. The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare's medical workforce report last month told us that...
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Solarium regulations welcomed
01/02/20081 February 2008 New regulations for the solarium industry starting today have been welcomed by AMA Victoria. The Victorian Government’s new regulations will require licensing, impose age limits and improve the display of warnings alerting solarium users...
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MEDICAL MEDIA SNAPSHOTS
27/01/200827 January 2008 New interns on the wards Intern numbers for Victoria’s public hospitals are up 3.5 per cent from 2007 and AMA Victoria President Dr Doug Travis has congratulated Victoria’s 461 new doctors on their smooth to transition from study...
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The doctor needs help (Herald Sun, opinion)
24/01/200824 January 2008 I look at my watch through bleary eyes. I eventually manage to focus. 3am. I’m in the on call room at the hospital and I’m clocking up my twentieth hour. It seems an eternity since I walked through the doors just as the pips were...
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New mental health services welcomed
11/01/200811 January 2008 AMA Victoria has welcomed expanded funding for youth mental health services in Victoria, announced by the Federal Government this week. AMA Victoria President Dr Doug Travis said that young people at risk of mental health and drug and alcohol...
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Health warning in extreme heat
09/01/20089 January 2008 Tomorrow’s temperature is set to spike and AMA Victoria is urging locals to take precautions to avoid heat exhaustion and dehydration over the next few days. AMA Victoria President Dr Doug Travis says Victorians may need to modify their...
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The case for bariatric surgery (The Age, opinion)
06/01/20086 January 2008 FOR thousands of Victorians who are morbidly obese, bariatric (weight-loss) surgery may be their last option. It is a radical option for a radical problem - but the option is out of reach for many because the surgery is not funded in public...
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A to Z guide to staying healthy (Sunraysia Daily, opinion)
01/01/20081 January 2008 Alcohol: Be nice to your liver in 2008 - and hang on to as many brain cells as you can. If you enjoy a drink, enjoy it in moderation. And, of course, don’t drink and drive. Breast: As in cancer. Every day in Australia more than 30 women...
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