Procedural Medical Specialists Warn Against Change For Change Sake
Council Of Procedural Specialists: Media Release – 8.2.06 “Rushing to introduce radical changes to the health workforce based on the recent Productivity Commission Research Report may backfire”, Dr Don Sheldon, Chairman, Council of Procedural Specialists (COPS) said today. COPS released [...]
Orthopaedic Surgeons Offer To Double Joint Replacements In NSW Public Hospitals
NSW orthopaedic surgeons have offered to double the number of joint replacement operations they currently perform in public hospitals. Chairman of the NSW branch of the Australian Orthopaedic Association, Dr David Wood said, "If the NSW government considers that there [...]
Orthopaedic Surgeons Slashed at Sydney and Sutherland Hospitals
"The decision to reduce the number of orthopaedic surgeons from 6 to 3 (+ 1 trainee) at Sydney Hospital and not to re-appoint 2 experienced orthopaedic surgeons at Sutherland Hospital was short-sighted and bad for patients who work, visit or [...]
Medical Safety Committee Must Act on Area of Need OS Doctor Recruitment
"Allowing overseas trained doctors who accept Area of Need appointments to have a standard less than Australian Medical Graduates is putting Australians and Australian medical standards last," Chairman of the Australian Society of Orthopaedic Surgeons (ASOS), Dr John Harrison said [...]
Productivity Commission Should Examine Productivity In Public Hospitals
"The Federal Government's decision to ask the Productivity Commission to study Australia's medical workforce will be a lost opportunity unless it centres on our greatest existing and future health problem. Namely, the declining productivity of our public hospitals", Dr John [...]
Techno-Babble Bingo Game
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Medical Indemnity Crisis – Nice Words But No Answers
A meeting this morning in Manly, Sydney between the Minister for Health (elect), the Hon Tony Abbot and the NSW Chairman of the Australian Society of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Dr Charles New produced nice words but no answers to the current [...]
Surgical Waiting Lists – A Funding Problem
"It is easy to believe that the problems of the Australian public hospital system would be solved tomorrow by simply doubling the number of surgeons being trained," said Dr John Harrison, National Chairman of the Australian Society of Orthopaedic Surgeons [...]
UMP Update
Thursday 13 June 2002 Stories are appearing in the Sydney Daily Telegraph today concerning the situation of doctors who are members of UMP whose court cases are falling due in the period of provisional liquidation. The stories are based a [...]
Resolutions of Meeting Medical Indemnity & Public Hospital Insurance Contracts
ASOS Urgent Meeting Hilton, Sydney Airport, 5 May 2002 Resolutions The following resolutions were passed at a meeting of ASOS(NSW) on Sunday, 5 May 2002 at Hilton, Sydney Airport, Arncliffe. Interim Arrangement This meeting supports doctors continuing to honour their [...]
NSW Orthopaedic Surgeons to Meet Over UMP Liquidation
NSW Orthopaedic Surgeons will meet in Sydney, 5 May 2002, to discuss the plight of patients of Orthopaedic Surgeons who are insured with United Medical Protection (UMP) following UMP's announcement today that it will be making an application to the [...]
ASOS Medical Indemnity Meeting
Airport Hilton, Sydney NSW. 12 December 2000 Motions That ASOS obtain independent actuarial advice as to the financial viability of all six major medical defence funds and report in writing no later than 15 February 2001. CARRIED That ASOS write [...]