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2012
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Victorian ambulance study wins 2012 Stawell Prize
16/05/2012. AMA Victoria has presented the 2012 Stawell Prize for medical research to a team from the Monash School of Public Health and Preventative Medicine The researchers looked into the increasing demand for emergency ambulance services in Victoria’s metropolitan...
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AMA Victoria elects new President
16/05/2012Dr Stephen Parnis was tonight elected unopposed as the new President of AMA Victoria. Dr Parnis takes over the position of President from Dr Harry Hemley, who served for a record three years as AMA Victoria President. Dr Parnis is an emergency physician at...
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AMA Victoria cautiously welcomes today's budget
01/05/201201 May 2012 AMA Victoria President Dr Harry Hemley has cautiously welcomed today’s budget. ‘Although we didn’t see everything that we wanted from this budget, we’re pleased that the Government has recognised the needs in rural and regional...
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AMA Victoria 'encouraged' by guardianship law review
20/04/201220 April 2012 AMA Victoria President Dr Harry Hemley has welcomed the Victorian Law Reform Commission’s report on guardianship laws while acknowledging that more could be done to improve processes for organ and tissue donation in advance care planning....
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Protecting donors' rights
29/03/201229 March 2012 The report of the Law Reform Committee released yesterday has the potential to seriously undermine the public’s trust in the medical profession, AMA Victoria President Dr Harry Hemley has stated. “The report’s recommendation...
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Targeted investment needed for health system
01/03/20121 March 2012 AMA Victoria has called for the next State Budget to direct funding to areas of the health system that are currently neglected and under resourced. “Specialist training programs, hospital information technology and community based care are...
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Hundreds of new doctors for Victoria’s hospitals
13/01/201213 January 2012 AMA Victoria will tonight welcome nearly 700 new doctors who have begun work as interns in public hospitals across the state. AMA Victoria Vice President Dr Stephen Parnis congratulated the new interns on the transition and said the interns...
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Where are the missing health reports?
10/01/201210 January 2012 The Baillieu Government failed to release a number of key reports on the performance of the Victorian health system in 2011, said AMA Victoria Vice President Dr Stephen Parnis today. ”The Government has failed to release the results of the...
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Hospital waiting lists set to grow
06/01/20126 January 2012 Waiting lists for elective surgery will grow this year according to the latest agreements between public hospitals and the Minister for Health. “Growing elective surgery waiting lists at Victorian public hospitals are a major concern for...