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National consistency needed on e-cigarette regulation: AMA
The AMA wants to introduce nationally-consistent controls and restrictions on the marketing and advertising of e-cigarettes, it says. The organisation today released its updated Position Statement on Tobacco Smoking and …
MYEFO ‘yet another co-payment by stealth,’ says AMA
The Government’s MYEFO statement is another chapter in the Coalition’s consistent health policy since being elected – cut health funding and shift costs to patients, says AMA President Professor Brian …
AMA warns schoolies to take care
The AMA is urging school leavers celebrating Schoolies Week around the country to ensure their celebrations are memorable for all the right reasons, national president Dr Stephen Parnis, says. Schoolies …
Vic Govt invests in super pharmacy, pharmacist jabs; AMA infuriated
Tenders to deliver the Victorian Government’s Super Pharmacies Initiatives are now open, Victoria’s Minister for Health, Jill Hennessy, has announced. The initiative, to which the Andrews Government has pledged $28.7 …
Aussies ignore sunsmart advice, use less sunscreen than Europeans
Australians are ignoring our safe sun exposure policies and sunsmart advice—and recent AMA research demonstrates we are actually using less sunscreen than Europeans. According to AMA (NSW) president Dr Saxon …
Health must be priority for new PM: AMA
Health must be a priority for the new Prime Minister and Cabinet, the Australian Medical Association has said in congratulating Malcolm Turnbull on his election last night. “Poor health policy …
Sitting down the new smoking: Heart Foundation
Sedentary behaviour, including too much time sitting down, is the new smoking, says the Heart Foundation.
GPs outline non-dispensing pharmacists recommendations
Pharmacists in general practice are one of several changes the Australian Medical Association wants to encourage, outlined in its submission to the Primary Health Care Review. The AMA Submission to …
AMA attacks Government on potential health budget cuts
AMA President, Professor Brian Owler, said today that comments from the Health Minister about the latest Medicare data suggest that the Government is setting the scene for Health budget cuts …
AMA updates position on methamphetamine problem
The AMA wants better resources, including security, and health services to deal with the methamphetamine or “ice” epidemic. The AMA has released its updated Position Statement on Methamphetamine (2015), which …
Pharmacists in GP clinics model has PSA backing but needs more work
PSA has made a clarification on the collaborative model for pharmacists to be integrated into GP clinics, following AMA president Association Professor Brian Owler’s comments at the Press Club yesterday. …
‘We support pharmacists to be pharmacists,’ says AMA
GPs remain concerned about the expanding role of pharmacists and what they might be paid to do in the future, AMA president Associate Professor Brian Owler in an address to …