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🌈 Join the AMA float at Mardi Gras 2026! 🌈We're thrilled to be returning to the Sydney Mardi Gras parade on Saturday 28 ...
09/01/2026

🌈 Join the AMA float at Mardi Gras 2026! 🌈
We're thrilled to be returning to the Sydney Mardi Gras parade on Saturday 28 February 2026 with our theme ECSTATICA PRACTITIONA — Proud to care!

After our incredible debut in 2025, we're back to celebrate our LGBTQIASB+ doctors and patients while championing holistic health and wellbeing for all.

Ready to join us? Register your interest: https://www.ama.com.au/form/mardi-gras-2026
Learn more: https://www.ama.com.au/mardi-gras-2026
Questions? Email Sally Witchalls: switchalls@ama.com.au

Ambulance ramping has knock-on effects for the entire community. When ambulances are stuck outside hospitals, paramedics...
08/01/2026

Ambulance ramping has knock-on effects for the entire community. When ambulances are stuck outside hospitals, paramedics can’t respond quickly to emergencies in the community. This is the harsh reality of Australia’s hospital logjam crisis.

We’re calling on all governments to reach a new National Health Reform Agreement and give our hospitals the capacity they desperately need.

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REMINDER: It's time to apply for the 2026 AMA Indigenous Medical Scholarship! 🩺 The scholarship is provided to Aborigin...
07/01/2026

REMINDER: It's time to apply for the 2026 AMA Indigenous Medical Scholarship! 🩺

The scholarship is provided to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander medical students who demonstrate a commitment to their community and to medicine.

Applicants must be enrolled full-time in a medical degree at an Australian university and have completed at least their first year of medicine.

If this is you, it's time to apply now! Applications close on 31 January 2026.

The value of the scholarship is $11,000 per annum, for each year of study for the remainder of your medical degree.

If you know someone who may be interested in applying or supporting the scholarship, please feel free to share this post.

The AMA is committed to supporting the next generation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander doctors.

🎓 Information on how to apply: https://www.ama.com.au/about/indigenous-medical-scholarship

The Australian Medical Association echoes the RACGP's call for Australians to stay safe as temperatures soar across the ...
07/01/2026

The Australian Medical Association echoes the RACGP's call for Australians to stay safe as temperatures soar across the country this week.

The Australian public should prioritise resting indoors and staying cool and hydrated as prolonged heat sweeps the country.

It is also important to check in on people who are more susceptible to heat exhaustion and heat stroke.

https://www.racgp.org.au/gp-news/media-releases/2026-media-releases/january-2026/stay-cool-stay-hydrated-and-stay-indoors-gps-urge

Ambulances spent 52,449 hours ramped at SA hospitals in 2025 — nearly double since 2022, The Advertiser reports.Australi...
05/01/2026

Ambulances spent 52,449 hours ramped at SA hospitals in 2025 — nearly double since 2022, The Advertiser reports.

Australian hospital are at breaking point. It's time for all governments to make a New Year’s resolution: sign a new National Health Reform Agreement and fix the hospital logjam crisis.

Learn more: https://www.ama.com.au/clear-the-hospital-logjam

The AMA strongly opposes the Optometry Board of Australia's plans to expand prescribing rights to include oral medicines...
19/12/2025

The AMA strongly opposes the Optometry Board of Australia's plans to expand prescribing rights to include oral medicines, warning it would come with unacceptable patient safety risks.

Our submission highlights that optometrists lack the comprehensive medical training needed to manage complex systemic risks associated with oral medicines.

The Board's own evidence reveals concerning training gaps — optometry programs do not equip practitioners with sufficient knowledge about medicine errors and their risks.

Australia's healthcare system currently ranks first among comparable countries. Let's not compromise patient safety with reckless scope expansion.

Read our full release: https://www.ama.com.au/media/ama-warns-against-reckless-expansion-optometrist-prescribing-rights

Following pressure from the AMA, MBS Item 11714 will be claimable by GPs from 1 March 2026. This means that GPs will hav...
18/12/2025

Following pressure from the AMA, MBS Item 11714 will be claimable by GPs from 1 March 2026. This means that GPs will have the same access to the existing MBS ECG, trace and clinical note item, as non GP specialists.

As the year draws to a close and the holiday season approaches, now is the perfect time to take advantage of our AMA26 l...
17/12/2025

As the year draws to a close and the holiday season approaches, now is the perfect time to take advantage of our AMA26 launch offer.

Give yourself (or someone in healthcare) a gift of connection, innovation and insight by securing a place at Australia's peak healthcare body conference.

Don’t miss this opportunity to register early, save on your ticket and give yourself something to look forward to in 2026! https://ama.eventsair.com/ama26-national-conference

We're delighted to announce Dr Graham Walker as a keynote speaker at AMA26! An emergency physician and clinical informat...
16/12/2025

We're delighted to announce Dr Graham Walker as a keynote speaker at AMA26!

An emergency physician and clinical informaticist from San Francisco, Dr Walker brings unique expertise at the intersection of healthcare, technology and AI.

Join us at AMA26 to hear from a true pioneer in medical technology on what the future holds for physicians in the age of AI.

Register now: https://ama.eventsair.com/ama26-national-conference

ABC News has highlighted the issues with Australia's medicinal cannabis prescribing system — a $1 billion industry opera...
16/12/2025

ABC News has highlighted the issues with Australia's medicinal cannabis prescribing system — a $1 billion industry operating through regulatory loopholes.

As the article says, the federal AMA and The Pharmacy Guild of Australia, have called for cannabis to be controlled like other prescription medicines, not through special access schemes that bypass normal safety trials.

While medicinal cannabis can help patients with conditions like epilepsy and chemotherapy-induced nausea, there's little or no evidence base for many conditions it's being prescribed for, such as anxiety, insomnia or depression.

Action is needed to ensure patients get evidence-based care, not prescriptions based on a five-minute phone call.

15/12/2025

The federal Australian Medical Association is shocked and dismayed by the violent terror attack committed last night during a celebration of Hanukkah at Bondi.

Doctors across the country are horrified by these deplorable attacks and have expressed their deep sorrow for all the victims and their families.

We are so deeply saddened by the tragic loss of life and the injuries inflicted on so many people who were innocently celebrating at a Hanukkah event.

This is an incredibly challenging time for the first responders and healthcare workers who have been confronted with the impacts of this attack. We stand by to offer our support to them as they deal with those impacts.

We stand by our Jewish communities as they, with our support, deal with the immediate impacts and the aftermath.

We condemn violence and hatred and the division these kinds of attacks seek to sow. We condemn terrorism, and we stand with all those who are calling for a safe Australia, free of division and persecution.

If people need to talk, there is help available, including for doctors through the Drs4Drs service.

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