03Oct

Skin cancer apps and gizmos are no substitute for seeing a doctor

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AMA (NSW) President, Dr Kean-Seng Lim, says people should be seeing their doctor if they’re worried about skin lesions, not using a costly app. “People living in Australia are at an elevated risk of developing skin cancer and we all should be vigilant about looking for changes in our skin. “However, if you are concerned […]

11Sep

Another record quarter sees 750,000 emergency presentations

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Unprecedented demand is seeing hospital performance measures slide as hospitals try to deal with a patient load they were never built for, AMA (NSW) President, Dr Kean-Seng Lim said. “Almost a fifth of the population of NSW has effectively been through the doors of the State’s public hospitals’ emergency departments in the first half of […]

23Aug

AMA (NSW) Vice President: blaming public hospitals masks the real issues

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Framing public hospitals as profit-seeking and predatory is just a way of deflecting blame when the real problem is complicated and difficult to solve, says AMA (NSW) Vice President, Dr Danielle McMullen. “It’s no secret that people can use their private health cover in public hospitals in NSW. “In fact, the private health insurers sell […]

07Aug

Unfounded fearmongering on abortion puts women and doctors at risk

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AMA (NSW) is concerned the objective of the Reproductive Healthcare Reform Bill risks being derailed by unfounded fearmongering on abortion. The aim of the Bill was always to keep things for doctors and patients as they are now, with the only major difference being that abortion would be free of the stigma of being on […]

28Jul

AMA (NSW) President welcomes bill to decriminalise abortion in NSW

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AMA (NSW) welcomes the announcement of the introduction of the Reproductive Health Care Reform Bill to decriminalise abortion. NSW is the last state in Australia to decriminalise abortion and this has placed the women and doctors here under a different and stigmatised legal arrangement to other states. AMA (NSW) has previously recognised that the retention […]

18Jun

AMA (NSW) President: Health Budget needs effective spending to succeed

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The NSW Government needs to ensure its funding in health promotes effective use of the money being invested, AMA (NSW) President, Dr Kean-Seng Lim, said. “It’s good to see the State Government recognise the need for more capacity in the health system through its investment in thousands of new health workers, including 1,060 doctors. “The […]

12Jun

AMA (NSW) President: The State’s hospitals are not built for this kind of pressure

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In less than 10 years, there has been more than a 40 per cent increase in the number of patients presenting at NSW emergency departments, according to BHI figures. “We’ve just seen another all-time record for ED presentations set, and this time it peaked above 750,000 patients for the first time. “It’s also the second […]

05Jun

AMA (NSW) President: Don’t let complacency be the death of lock-out laws

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30 May 2019 AMA (NSW) President, Dr Kean-Seng Lim has urged the Government to uphold the lock-out laws. “These measures have successfully reduced alcohol-related injuries in Sydney. To wind them back now would be foolish. “Time and time again people get complacent when health measures start to work well. We’ve seen that with vaccines and we’re also […]

03May

AMA (NSW) appealing to local Avengers star to help Byron Bay vote against anti-science candidate

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AMA (NSW) President, Dr Kean-Seng Lim, says an anti-science candidate deciding to run for the Lower House in the already anti-vaxxer-ridden area of Byron Bay is a really bad idea. “I’m reluctantly speaking out against Tom Barnett and his party, the Involuntary Medications Objectors Party, because I really don’t want to risk giving them more […]

06Mar

AMA (NSW) President: lack of government action on health is unsustainable

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AMA (NSW) President, Dr Kean-Seng Lim, says current government policy is not addressing the strains the health system is under. “The latest figures from the Bureau of Health Information show nearly three quarters of a million people attended NSW emergency departments in the last three months of 2018. “This is an all-time record for ED […]

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