Category: Association of Salaried Medical Specialists

Source: Association of Salaried Medical Specialists – Press Release/Statement:

Headline: Attacks on children’s hospitals must end

The increasing trend for children’s hospitals to be attacked by terrorists and armed forces has been denounced by the World Medical Association to mark tomorrow’s 30th anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.

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Source: Association of Salaried Medical Specialists – Press Release/Statement:

Headline: Gender bias report. Senior doctors “making up for being female”

A new Association of Salaried Medical Specialists report is giving insight into why senior women doctors are burning out at a quicker rate than their male counterparts and are more likely to work through illness. The Director of Policy and Research with ASMS, Charlotte Chambers, interviewed 14 senior women doctors for the study and found common narratives around subtle and overt gender bias, as well as a lack of work-life balance. She says the medical profession needs an urgent shift in thinking but active discussions are taking place to make this happen.

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Source: Association of Salaried Medical Specialists – Press Release/Statement:

Headline: 40,000 more New Zealanders to begin screening for bowel cancer

About 40 thousand more New Zealanders are set to begin receiving potentially life-saving screening for bowel cancer. Twelve thousand of them live in the Whanganui District Health Board area, which will join the national screening programme on Tuesday. Neighbouring MidCentral DHB is likely to follow next month — setting a halfway milestone for a carefully managed programme that some worry is already stretched. Health Correspondent Karen Brown reports.

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Source: Association of Salaried Medical Specialists – Press Release/Statement:

Headline: How is the NHS performing? July 2019 quarterly monitoring report

Since April 2011, The King’s Fund has published a quarterly monitoring report (QMR) to track, analyse and comment on the issues the health and care system is facing. This is the 28th QMR, which takes stock of what has happened over the past few months with NHS financial and operational performance in England.

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Source: Association of Salaried Medical Specialists – Press Release/Statement:

Headline: Call to end dog-transmitted human rabies by 2030

A call for the total elimination of dog-transmitted human rabies by 2030 has come from the World Veterinary Association (WVA) and the World Medical Association (WMA). The two organizations have joined forces to mark World Rabies Day tomorrow (September 28) in collaboration with the Global Alliance for Rabies Control.

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Source: Association of Salaried Medical Specialists – Press Release/Statement:

Headline: Use of motels demonstrates perils of short-termism

News that Wellington Hospital is using motels to deal with patient over-flow is a consequence of the short-termism that characterises new hospital builds in New Zealand, says Angela Belich, Acting Executive Director of the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists (ASMS).

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Source: Association of Salaried Medical Specialists – Press Release/Statement:

Headline: Tobacco company’s offer ‘part lobbying playbook’

Tobacco giant Philip Morris approached a district health board offering to give devices away at no cost for “community-based trials, data collection and monitoring”. The company claimed there would be a significant public health benefit in the plan – especially for Maori, Pasifika and low income groups. After inquiries from RNZ, the Director General of Health Ashley Bloomfield emailed all DHBs warning them not to accept the Philip Morris offer. Richard Edwards of Otago University’s Department of Public Health says the lobbying fits with the company’s international playbook.

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Source: Association of Salaried Medical Specialists – Press Release/Statement:

Headline: Workplace culture at SDHB under microscope

A range of recent official and anecdotal reports have highlighted workplace culture issues at various Southern District Health Board sites. Health reporter Mike Houlahan asks if one of the region’s largest employers is one of the worst places to work.

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Source: Association of Salaried Medical Specialists – Press Release/Statement:

Headline: More evidence of public hospitals under pressure

“Reports of yet another full public hospital struggling to cope with the winter influx of patients is more evidence of a public health system under extreme pressure,” says Ian Powell, Executive Director of the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists (ASMS).

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Source: Association of Salaried Medical Specialists – Press Release/Statement:

Headline: Connecting medical specialists

Pilot project Experts in Healthcare Exchange or EHE is looking at how empowered and connected senior doctors are as a group. The aim is to maximise a sense of community among senior healthcare professionals globally and increase the chances for collaboration and community involvement.

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