Health investment should be determined by need not number-crunching
Source: Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
The crisis which has been playing out at the Canterbury DHB is in many ways a cautionary tale and...
Backing for fully empowered Māori Health Authority
Source: Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
The Association of Salaried Medical Specialists and the New Zealand Medical Association are making clear their support for the...
Primary care costs help push emergency departments to breaking point
Source: Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
The Association of Salaried Medical Specialists says the costs and waiting times to see a GP are helping push...
What Price Mental Health? The Crisis and the Cure
Source: Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
A new report by the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists Toi Mata Hauora shows New Zealand cannot afford to...
DHBs need to employ GPs directly to ease shortages
Source: Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
The Association of Salaried Medical Specialists says a chronic shortage of family doctors in Northland is no surprise.
RNZ is...
Staring down the barrel of a senior doctor staffing crisis
Source: Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
It can take at least 13 years to train a hospital specialist and we are facing not only gaping...
Safer Sick Leave
Source: Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
ASMS supports all working people having safer sick leave.
The Government has already adjusted sick leave provisions due to Covid-19...
Big tick for fluoridation decision – more brave action needed
Source: Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
The Association of Salaried Medical Specialists is welcoming the Government’s legislative decision to hand over control of water fluoridation...
Health Minister to speak at Annual Conference
Source: Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
The new Health Minister Andrew Little has been confirmed to speak at our Annual Conference on Friday 27 November. We’re...
Loss of orthopaedic surgeons will exacerbate estimated 33% shortage of senior doctors at Wairarapa...
Source: Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
The loss of two long-standing orthopaedic surgeons at Wairarapa DHB will exacerbate an already serious staffing shortage at Wairarapa...
An open letter to Jacinda Ardern on a People’s Vaccine
Source: Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
ASMS, along with 41 other organisations, has backed an open letter to prime minister Jacinda Ardern, minister of foreign...
Telehealth
Source: Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
The adoption of telehealth in New Zealand has been on the rise in recent years. Most recently, the Covid-19...
