The 2024 Colleges, Associations and Societies (CAS) meeting

The 2024 Colleges, Associations and Societies (CAS) meeting held in Canberra on 18 March 2024 was the first full CAS meeting since the COVID-19 pandemic. The AMA and leaders from more than 50 of Australia’s medical colleges, associations and societies came together to discuss key issues for Australia’s health system and important areas for reform. Attendees discussed these issues with some of the most important health policy makers in the country, including Minister for Health and Aged Care, the Hon Mark Butler, Secretary of the Department of Health and Aged Care, Mr Blair Comley PSM, and Prof Mark Cormack, Scope of Practice Review lead. This communique details the key topics of discussion and agreed areas of reform.