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The NSW Government will point to this Budget as a record investment in health. But the truth is this a disaster for patients. Health funding has gone backwards despite record […]

MEDIA STATEMENT FROM AMA (NSW) PRESIDENT DR FRED BETROS Today’s Budget is not all it seems. Health funding has gone backwards in real terms despite record activity. That is a […]

STATEMENT FROM AMA (NSW) PRESIDENT DR FRED BETROS The latest Bureau of Health Information report should not be used by the NSW Government as a victory lap. Ambulance call-outs and […]

STATEMENT FROM AMA (NSW) PRESIDENT DR FRED BETROS We welcome the release of the evaluation of the NSW Government-sponsored pharmacist-led UTI trial. NSW deserves credit for properly evaluating pharmacist prescribing […]

I am an orthopaedic surgeon in Wagga Wagga and, currently the only orthopaedic spine surgeon working in the southern NSW/northern Victoria sector – an area serving a population in excess […]

It is a privilege to write to you as the new president of AMA (NSW).  Having served as vice president over the past two years, I have seen the strength, expertise and […]

I am a cardiothoracic surgeon working full-time in private practice, not because it was my preference, but because poor workforce planning means many fully qualified specialists cannot secure substantive public […]

STATEMENT FROM AMA (NSW) VICE PRESIDENT DR FRED BETROS   Last night’s Federal Budget failed NSW patients and will only result in greater pressure on our hospitals and primary care […]

STATEMENT FROM AMA (NSW) VICE PRESIDENT DR FRED BETROS   The NSW Auditor-General’s report into Visiting Medical Officers, released yesterday, highlights how vital VMOs are to the delivery of healthcare […]

Doctors are not the enemy By AMA (NSW) councillor, gastroenterologist and hepatologist Associate Professor Viraj Kariyawasam I became a doctor to look after patients. Not to fight with a system, […]