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Association of Salaried Medical Specialists (ASMS)
Working for better health care in New Zealand
The Association of Salaried Medical Specialists (ASMS) – Toi Mata Hauora represents the professional and industrial interests of senior salaried doctors and dentists around New Zealand. Most of our members are employed by district health boards in New Zealand's public hospitals but some also work in hospices, union health centres and other places. Our membership also includes salaried GPs.
ASMS promotes the right of equal access for New Zealanders to high quality health services, articulates our members' professional concerns, advises members on employment-related matters, negotiates collective employment agreements on behalf of ASMS members, and supports workplace empowerment and distributive clinical leadership.
Association of Salaried Medical Specialists (ASMS) - Latest News [Page 10]
DHBs acting irresponsibly in industrial dispute
Friday, 25 January 2019, 3:33 pm | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
By refusing the Medical Council’s offer to facilitate talks in the escalating industrial dispute affecting public hospitals, District Health Boards are putting hardworking hospital staff under increasing pressure and risk creating alarm among ... More >>
Solution to DHB financial deficits rests with Government
Saturday, 19 January 2019, 5:33 pm | ASMS
This was response to the published report that almost all DHBs were tracking towards financial deficits for the financial year ending 30 June from Ian Powell, Executive Director of the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists (ASMS). https://www.nzherald.co.nz/politics/news/article.cfm?c_id=280&objectid=12192429 More >>
Wellington GPs to strike again
Thursday, 17 January 2019, 12:32 pm | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
GPs at Wellington’s Ora Toa Health practices will strike again tomorrow (FRIDAY) for a full day because of the employer’s stubborn refusal to include dentists in the collective agreement. More >>
ASMS Advice on RMO National Strike(s)
Wednesday, 9 January 2019, 10:14 am | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
In the last national ASMS Direct I reported on the challenges facing ASMS on navigating our way through anticipated but not confirmed resident medical officer national strikes. This included providing some context and discussing the DHBs’ bargaining strategy. ... More >>
Dear David – A new year challenge
Monday, 7 January 2019, 2:44 pm | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
Health Minister David Clark could make a good start to 2019 by admitting there is a crisis in the specialist workforce, Association of Salaried Medical Specialists (ASMS) Executive Director Ian Powell says. More >>
Christmas Eve strike at five Wellington practices
Sunday, 23 December 2018, 1:58 pm | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
Doctors at five Wellington practices will strike for a full day tomorrow in the final action in a set of rolling strikes. More >>
More GP strikes likely in the new year
Thursday, 20 December 2018, 10:39 am | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
Efforts to avert a full-day Christmas Eve strike have failed, and further strikes are now likely, after Te Rūnanga o Toa Rangatira again refused to engage with the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists (ASMS). More >>
Last ditch effort to resolve industrial action
Tuesday, 18 December 2018, 4:05 pm | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
The Association of Salaried Medical Specialists (ASMS) and Te Rūnanga o Toa Rangatira (Ora Toa Health) will meet tomorrow (Wednesday) in a last-gasp effort to resolve industrial action and prevent a full-day strike on Christmas Eve. Tomorrow will also ... More >>
Third Wellington GP strike to go ahead
Wednesday, 12 December 2018, 5:15 pm | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
A third Wellington GP strike is set to go ahead tomorrow as general practitioners continue to show solidarity with their dental colleagues. More >>
Second Wellington GP strike planned for tomorrow
Sunday, 9 December 2018, 12:12 pm | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
Doctors at five Wellington general practices are due to strike for an hour tomorrow morning, the second in a series of walkouts over the exclusion of their dentist colleagues from their collective employment agreement. More >>
Doctors walked off the job at five Wellington GP practices
Friday, 7 December 2018, 5:32 pm | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
Doctors at five Wellington general practices walked off the job for an hour this morning over the exclusion of their dentist colleagues from the collective employment agreement covering doctors. More >>
GP strike to go ahead after employer refuses to budge
Thursday, 6 December 2018, 3:40 pm | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
Twenty-one doctors at five Iwi health provider practices will take the first ever strike action by New Zealand general practitioners tomorrow (Friday) after efforts to avert the strike failed. More >>
Health Minister needs to support senior doctor accord
Wednesday, 5 December 2018, 7:25 pm | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
The senior doctors’ union says the Health Minister needs to get off the fence over the issue of a safe staffing accord for hospital specialists. More >>
Mental health and addiction inquiry report welcomed
Tuesday, 4 December 2018, 1:15 pm | ASMS
The union for senior doctors (including psychiatrists) has welcomed today’s release of a new report into mental health, which acknowledges more needs to be done to strengthen the specialist workforce. More >>
Senior doctors call on Minister to support safe staffing
Monday, 3 December 2018, 8:19 am | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
The Association of Salaried Medical Specialists (ASMS) is calling on Health Minister David Clark to support the development of a safe staffing accord with senior doctors and dentists working in public hospitals. More >>
Senior doctors call on Minister to support safe staffing
Sunday, 2 December 2018, 4:01 pm | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
The Association of Salaried Medical Specialists (ASMS) is calling on Health Minister David Clark to support the development of a safe staffing accord with senior doctors and dentists working in public hospitals. More >>
Senior doctors urge action on climate change
Thursday, 29 November 2018, 2:07 pm | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
Two senior health professionals are urging colleagues and the wider health sector to take a lead in the fight against climate change. More >>
Presidential Address - ASMS Annual Conference 2018
Thursday, 29 November 2018, 1:44 pm | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
Presidential Address - ASMS Annual Conference 2018 Professor Murray Barclay Recently I was on-call in our hospital over the weekend. It was a relatively typical weekend but highlighted to me a number of challenges faced by hospital specialists in New ... More >>
Pressure on female doctors highlighted in new research
Wednesday, 28 November 2018, 7:16 pm | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
Research carried out by the union for senior doctors and dentists has revealed a need for both attitudinal and structural change to encourage more women to participate in the specialist workforce. More >>
Senior doctors welcome pay rise for hospital service workers
Monday, 26 November 2018, 11:55 am | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
The union for senior doctors and dentists is welcoming news of a significant pay rise for thousands of hospital service workers. More >>
