AMA Archives - Tasmanian Times

2025 Rural Health Issues Survey Report

Overworked rural doctors are demanding greater funding and resources to improve staffing levels and hospital facilities in some of the country’s most...

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Are Southern Tasmania’s Private Maternity Services the Canary in the Private Insurance Coal Mine?

The Australian Medical Association (AMA) acknowledges that the current landscape surrounding maternity services is dynamic. We want to reassure the public that...

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AMA: We’re Failing on Mental Health

Media release – Australian Medical Association, 6 December 2024 Australia’s mental healthcare system failing those who need it most, AMA warns Australia’s...

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AMA: We Need a New Hobart Hospital

Media release – Dr Michael Lumsden-Steel, President of the Australian Medical Association (AMA) Tasmania, 12 October 2024 WHY IT’S TIME TO STOP...

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Tas Govt Proposes Crackdown on Vapes

Media release – Guy Barnett, Minister for Health, Mental Health and Wellbeing, 30 August 2024 Strong actions to stamp out vaping in...

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GPs Demand Govt Support for General Practice

Media release – Royal Australian College of GPs (RACGP), 6 August 2024 GPs visit Tasmanian Parliament to call on politicians to fund...

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AMA: Health Cost-Cutting Puts Patients at Risk

Media release – Australian Medical Association, Tasmania Branch, 14 June 2024 COST-CUTTING IN HEALTH RISKS PATIENT CARE, AMA WARNS Quotes can be...

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AMA: Transfer of Care Protocol ‘Highly Flawed’

Media release – Dr Michael Lumsden Steel, spokesperson AMA Tasmania, 22 April 2024 MEANINGFUL HEALTHCARE REFORM AMID CONCERNS OVER TRANSFER OF CARE...

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Patients Flogged by Private Health Funds for Profit

Media release – Australian Medical Association, 12 April 2024 Patients cop the brunt of private health’s soaring ‘management expenses’ Patients are being...