Specialist in Practice
Communications and Advocacy update: 15 December
Here’s an update on a few of the issues AMA Victoria is working on for members, including resumption of elective surgery; impact of public-in-private work; escalating violence against healthcare workers; marginalisation of the medical model in mental health reform; and lack of direction provided by the State Government to private medical practitioners.
Communications and Advocacy update: 9 December
Here’s an update on a few of the issues AMA Victoria is working on for members, including private practice and unvaccinated patients; Optimal Care Pathway for Adolescents and Young Adults with Cancer; and our 2022 State Budget Submission and Victorian State Election Working Group.
Communications and Advocacy update: 18 November
Here’s an update on a few of the issues AMA Victoria is working on for members, including healthcare workers returning to work after overseas travel; Guides to Best Cancer Care now available; mapping behaviour support provision; and support for older Victorians from refugee and migrant backgrounds.
Urgent action required on elective surgery
AMA Victoria has written to the Victorian Government to call for the full 100 per cent resumption of elective surgery throughout the state (with limited exceptions). This call comes after strong and consistent advice we have received from members.
Post at your peril: A reminder to doctors about social media
With recent studies showing that almost a quarter of Australians rely on social media as their primary source of news, it is little wonder that the National Boards and Ahpra are sharpening their focus on health practitioner social media usage in the professional and personal sphere.
Communications and Advocacy update: 11 November
Here’s an update on a few of the issues AMA Victoria is working on for members, including an update on support for surgeons in private practice, seeking GPs to participate in VEC focus group about voters with dementia, and a mental health workforce personnel survey.
Communications and Advocacy update: 4 November
Here’s an update on a few of the issues AMA Victoria is working on for members, including an inquiry into support for older Victorians from refugee and migrant backgrounds; an update on COVID-19 guidelines for IMEs regarding face-to-face interviews with workers; and rapid antigen self-tests.
Financial support for surgeons and anaesthetists in private practice
AMA Victoria has written to the Victorian Government in support of surgeons and anaesthetists in private practice who have had their ability to work curtailed, as a consequence of recent directions resulting in the suspension of most privately performed elective surgery.
Private practice and unvaccinated patients
We have had many queries from members in private practice seeking greater certainty regarding whether they can decline to see unvaccinated patients in their clinics. AMA Victoria’s legal partner, Kennedys, has provided advice on this issue.