ACEM - Latest News [Page 1]
Election 2023: Emergency Doctors Respond To Labour Party’s Pledge To Increase Doctor Training
Wednesday, 13 September 2023, 11:00 pm | ACEM
The Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM) welcomes the New Zealand Labour Party’s election pledge to increase the number of medical training places and the international recruitment of Senior Medical Officers (SMOs). ACEM emphasises ... More >>
Emergency Doctors Respond To National Party’s Healthcare Systems Target Pledge
Monday, 11 September 2023, 5:26 pm | ACEM
The Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM) acknowledges the New Zealand National Party’s election pledge to implement healthcare system targets and awaits further information on what solutions it would action to support the achievement ... More >>
ACEM Response To The 2023 Aotearoa New Zealand Budget
Thursday, 18 May 2023, 6:33 pm | ACEM
The Aotearoa New Zealand faculty of the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM; the College) welcomes the modest investments in health in the 2023 budget and awaits further details on implementation. ACEM recently acknowledged Te Whatu ... More >>
Emergency Doctors And Nurses Warn Of Long Waits For Care This Festive Period
Friday, 16 December 2022, 8:04 pm | ACEM
The festive period is the busiest time for emergency departments (EDs), and this year emergency nurses and doctors across Aotearoa New Zealand and Australia are coming together to urge people to prepare ahead for health needs, and to play it safe to ... More >>
ACEM Statement On Systemic Pressures And Adverse Patient Outcomes In Aotearoa New Zealand
Tuesday, 25 October 2022, 7:01 pm | ACEM
The Aotearoa New Zealand Faculty of the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM; the College) has been asked to provide commentary on media reports of patients who have experienced adverse outcomes, including potentially avoidable deaths. These ... More >>
ACEM Welcomes New Zealand’s Healthcare Workforce Crisis Solutions
Tuesday, 2 August 2022, 11:40 am | ACEM
The Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM; the College) welcomes the Aotearoa New Zealand Government’s announcement of solutions aimed at addressing the healthcare workforce crisis, and urges the government to promptly implement the ... More >>
ACEM Responds To Misleading Comments Published In The New Zealand Herald
Friday, 10 June 2022, 6:29 pm | ACEM
The Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM; the College) wishes to respond to misleading comments attributed to Health Minister Andrew Little and published in the New Zealand Herald on the 10th of June 2022. ACEM, the peak body for emergency ... More >>
ACEM Welcomes $11.1B For Health In NZ Budget, Urges Fixes For Health Workforce Crisis
Thursday, 19 May 2022, 7:02 pm | ACEM
The Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM; the College) strongly welcomes the focus on health in the 2022 Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) budget and believes that elements of the $11.1 billion investment could help reduce pressure on struggling ... More >>
COP26: ACEM Urges Global Leaders To Act On Climate Change To Protect Public Health
Thursday, 21 October 2021, 9:43 am | ACEM
The Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM; The College) urges global leaders and their representatives meeting at the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (UNCCC) 26th Conference of the Parties ( COP26 ) to immediately transition ... More >>
New Zealand’s suicide data a sobering reminder
Wednesday, 28 August 2019, 9:04 am | ACEM
New Zealand’s annual provisional suicide data is a tragic and sobering reality check of the mental health challenges facing individuals, families and communities and it highlights how our existing systems are not always meeting people’s needs, ... More >>
ACEM statement on 2018 New Zealand Budget
Thursday, 17 May 2018, 6:43 pm | ACEM
The peak body for emergency medicine in New Zealand and Australia has welcomed the government’s commitment to health in today’s Budget, and acknowledges the sentiment that not everything can be addressed in one announcement. More >>
Largest ever study of alcohol harm in EDs reveals huge toll
Tuesday, 24 November 2015, 2:02 pm | ACEM
Research conducted by the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM) has found that, at peak times, one in eight presentations to emergency departments (EDs) is alcohol related. More >>