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AMA (NSW) 2012 Rates Available Online
Help support your profession and join the AMA today. Category Monthly Yearly Specialist Member $113.58 $1,363.00 General Practice Member $101.08 $1,213.00 Member First Year After Graduation (Intern) $16.67 $200.00 Member Second Year After Graduation … Read full story
Posted on: 6 Jan 2012
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AMA (NSW) Christmas / New Year Break
The AMA (NSW) will be closing its offices from 1pm on 23 December 2011 until 8:30am on 3 January 2012. If members have urgent requests during that time, you can reach AMA staff by e-mail at this address: industrial@amansw.com.au Read full story
Posted on: 7 Dec 2011
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New Year shutdown period advice
Both the Health Professionals and Support Services Award 2010 and the Nurses Award 2010 allow an employer to direct the staff to take paid annual leave during temporary close down periods of medical practices such as the New Year close down period. Under the Annual Leave Act the close down may be partial… Read full story
Posted on: 1 Dec 2011
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Latest events news
There have been changes to the scheduling of AMA (NSW) events since the latest edition of the NSW Doctor magazine went to print. The Buying a Practice - Tips, Tricks and Pitfalls seminar scheduled for 13 October 2011 has been cancelled. The Creative Doctors Network Visual Arts night on 3 November 2011… Read full story
Posted on: 10 Oct 2011
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Smoke Free Outdoor Areas
Are you part of the 83% of the community that thinks outdoor places like al fresco dining and children’s playground should be smoke-free? As a medical practitioner, do you believe the health of your local community would benefit from state-wide legislation that bans smoking in these sorts of… Read full story
Posted on: 2 Sep 2011
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Registration Renewal Information for Interns
If you are an intern, you are currently registered in the provisional registration category until 2 January 2012. Upon the successful completion of your internship, you will be moving categories from provisional to general registration. You will only be able to do this if you have successfully completed… Read full story
Posted on: 10 Aug 2011
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2011 Renewals Fact Sheet
What you need to do Know your registration expiry date The AMA will be communicating messages based on registration expiry dates. Doctors with general and/or specialist registration should now either have an expiry date of 30 September 2011 or 30 September 2012. This fact sheet applies to doctors whose… Read full story
Posted on: 25 Jul 2011
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AMA (NSW) 2010 Annual Report available for download
The AMA (NSW) 2010 Annual Report is now available. Click here (PDF) (305 Kb) to download it. Read full story
Posted on: 27 Apr 2011
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Results from first quarterly GP e-mail survey
There was an excellent response to our first single-issue email survey of GP members, with over 150 responses in 5 days. The full report can be found below. The message seems clear – GPs are opposed to Medicare Locals as they are currently proposed. Should they be established (as seems likely),… Read full story
Posted on: 7 Apr 2011
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Westmead Health Forum
Doctors from all specialties gathered at Westmead Hospital's Education Centre to address both the Health Minister and Shadow Health Minister about the current state of the health system and their future plans should their respective party win office. Both Ms Tebbutt and Mrs Skinner spoke about a wide… Read full story
Posted on: 22 Mar 2011
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AMA (NSW) DIT Committee Meeting With Jillian Skinner
Last night, the AMA (NSW) DIT Committee had a special meeting attended by Shadow Health Minister, Jillian Skinner. It was great to have the opportunity to be able to speak to Mrs Skinner for just over an hour about important things like safe hours, training, the award, industrial coverage, workplace… Read full story
Posted on: 11 Mar 2011
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AMA (NSW) 2011 Priorities Overview
AMA (NSW) today released its 2011 State Election Priorities (PDF) (201 Kb) paper, and called on all state political parties to commit to the paper’s key recommendations. AMA (NSW) President, Dr Michael Steiner, said the paper outlined a comprehensive policy blueprint for the development of a stronger and more… Read full story
Posted on: 24 Feb 2011
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AMA (NSW) Campaign Website Launched
The AMA (NSW) has launched its new campaign website, Doctors4HealthNSW! The new website will be central to AMA (NSW)'s lobbying efforts throughout the state election campaign. We've started with a focus on doctors-in-training and you can read about the AMA (NSW)'s meeting with the NSW Shadow Health Minister… Read full story
Posted on: 19 Jan 2011
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AMA (NSW) Doctor-in-Training 2011 State Election Priorities
AMA (NSW) has released its Doctor-in-Training 2011 State Election Priorities policy which aims to ensure that the increase in the number of medical graduates provides a solution to the severe medical workforce shortages that are currently impacting on patient care. In order to achieve this, we need every… Read full story
Posted on: 12 Jan 2011
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AMA (NSW) Doctor-in-Training 2011 State Election Priorities
AMA (NSW) has released its Doctor-in-Training 2011 State Election Priorities policy which aims to ensure that the increase in the number of medical graduates provides a solution to the severe medical workforce shortages that are currently impacting on patient care. In order to achieve this, we need… Read full story
Posted on: 12 Jan 2011
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