The insidious rise of corporate pharmacy | AMA WA20Aug2019The Pharmacy Guild has for many decades done an extraordinary job of preventing supermarket operators and other non-pharmacists from owning pharmacies. Its central argument is that restricting ownership to trained pharmacists and placing caps on the number of pharmacies …
WA Primary Health Alliance18Aug2019A new urgent care service will soon be available to people living in metropolitan Perth, with an 18-month GP Urgent Care Pilot due to start on 10 September.
One-sided Pharmacy review a flawed script for Primary Care | AMA WA18Aug2019You probably think I’m a little strange, but I was browsing the Health Department’s website the night before the report by the Ministerial Expert Panel on Voluntary Assisted Dying was released, and I noticed another report had been quietly posted …
The Malady of Medicine | AMA WA16Aug2019It has been an eventful two months at the University of Notre Dame Fremantle Medical School. As I write this, our first and second-year students have been diligently preparing for their mid-semester exams and our third and fourth year students …
Working towards change | AMA WA15Aug2019The evidence is now clear – many aspects of medical culture and medical workplaces have been harmful to doctors’ wellness in the past and been too slow to change. Earlier this year in March, the Australasian Doctors’ Health Network …
CPR for Practice Staff14Aug2019Australian Medical Association (WA), Perth, WA, Australia
Connecting with Country | AMA WA13Aug2019 Thanks to the generous support in recent years from the Commonwealth Bank and ongoing sponsorship by MDA National and the WA Department of Health, the Dr YES program has extended its reach to the north of the State.
Follow-up on our pre-budget advocacy | AMA WA11Aug2019Advocacy is not just about making demands or having wish lists – it is about results. You do not pay your AMA membership fees to simply have a wish list. I am sure most of you could write one without …