Australian Medical Association

Seasonal influenza vaccines for children - withdrawal of Panvax Junior; medical internship shortage at crisis point; AMA position statement on primary health care; PIP Indigenous health incentive and PBS co-payment measure; Support family doctors petition

This information package will assist a General Practitioner to make a decision about moving into a corporate practice.

This covers many of the issues you need to consider when making the decision.  This tells you what a corporate is, what matters you need to think about in closing your existing practice, what will life be like working for a corporate and maybe afterwards.

Seasonal influenza vaccines for children; Support Family Doctors petition; Telemedicine an important component of a modern health system; Online resources on doctors’ health and wellbeing

AMACDT’s new leadership team; Election 2010; AMA health policy platform for Election 2010; AMA position statement on competency-based training; Online resources on doctors’ health and wellbeing; Australian Curriculum Framework for Junior Doctors website resources; UN NGO conference: Advance Global Health; MJA job share noticeboard.

Let us know your views in Election 2010; Support Family Doctors petition; Support Family Doctors campaign materials; General practice lobby kit; Primary Care Infrastructure Grants Scheme - AMA guide; Healthy kids check needs stronger evidence base; AMA calls for proper indexation of the MBS and no further cuts to medicare rebates; AMA calls for action on Indigenous health;

Coalition health policy – strong initiatives to stimulate the health debate; misleading claims about vaccination putting Australian lives at risk; general practice lobby kit; Support Family Doctors campaign materials; PIP teaching incentive.

GP Lobby Kit; Senate Contacts; House of Representative contacts; Summary for Politicians; Care for Patients with Chronic and Complex Needs; Key Health Issues; Support Family Doctors

Support Family Doctors campaign materials; Updated advice on the use of seasonal influenza vaccine for children; Collaborative arrangements will provide better care for patients; A national disability insurance scheme must be at the core of any national disability strategy; Labor increases mental health investment but more needed

AMA Family Doctor Week 2010; AMA launches patient petition to urge major parties to support family doctors; AMA releases health policy platform for Election 2010; Practice nurse policy needs constructive consultation to be fully effective – AMA survey; AMA President addresses National Press Club; Diabetes Advisory Group – decision without consultation or negotiation; Other top stories in Family Doctor Week; Family Doctor Week in the Medical Journal of Australia; Specialist register update

Doctors overwhelmingly reject Government’s plan for care for patients with diabetes – AMA survey; Next week is Family Doctor Week; Rural health grants