The AMA is running a campaign to help ensure family doctors are properly supported by the Government to care for patients.

As part of that campaign family doctors have been asked to display the Support Family Doctors (SFD) poster in waiting rooms and have the SFD brochure available for patients who want more information.

Practices have also been requested to ask patients to sign a petition to tell both parties that during this Federal election campaign they insist on
seeing policies that:

• Support their right to choose their family doctor;
• Support their right to see their family doctor as often as they need to;
• Support the central role of their family doctor in delivering health care and advice to them and their families;
• Provide support that will enable them to spend more time with their family doctor when they need it; and
• Cut red tape – minimise the paperwork and processes that reduce the time that family doctors can spend caring for their patients.

Each signature is a reminder to Government of the need to support family doctors. Completed petitions can be returned to the AMA for collation at the fax number or address nominated on the petition.

You can easily print materials on demand by clicking on these links and printing the PDF (on a colour printer if available).

The petitions have been designed to be printed on a standard black and white printer.

If you would prefer, you can order hard copies of the poster and brochures by providing your name and address to memberservices@ama.com.au. A set of materials will be sent ASAP.