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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 11]
Website to rate doctors a serious concern
Thursday, 26 July 2018, 9:03 am | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
“The launch of a website that allows patients to rate their doctors sets a dubious precedent with no guarantee of greater transparency or improved quality of care,” says Ian Powell, Executive Director of the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists ... More >>
Further strike today by ACC senior doctors
Wednesday, 25 July 2018, 9:37 am | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
ACC medical advisors will walk off the job again today (Wednesday 25 July) for four hours over their unsettled collective employment agreement. More >>
Chilling impact of poverty on child health
Friday, 20 July 2018, 10:14 am | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
Matted hair on maggot-infested scalps, rotting teeth in pre-schoolers, developmental delays, damp houses and poor nutrition – some of the results of poverty on child health reported by paediatricians on the clinical front line. More >>
Long wait times sign of deeper problems
Thursday, 19 July 2018, 11:47 am | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
“The long wait for important diagnostic scans at one of the country’s largest district health boards is yet another sign of unmet patient need catching public hospitals on the hop,” says Ian Powell, Executive Director of the Association of ... More >>
Health Minister at the crossroads
Wednesday, 18 July 2018, 10:42 am | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
“The Minister of Health needs to avoid the easy but wrong-headed option of structural change in his review of New Zealand’s public health and disability sectors,” says Ian Powell, Executive Director of the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists ... More >>
ACC medical advisors on strike today
Tuesday, 17 July 2018, 8:48 am | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
The majority of highly experienced senior doctors employed by ACC to assess medical claims have gone on strike this morning for improvements to their collective employment agreement. More >>
Syphilis deaths highlight need for proper resourcing
Monday, 16 July 2018, 4:07 pm | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
“The heart-wrenching news that babies have died from syphilis underscores yet again the importance of properly funding and resourcing essential health services,” says Ian Powell, Executive Director of the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists ... More >>
More support needed for breastfeeding senior doctors
Monday, 16 July 2018, 12:52 pm | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
Breastfeeding senior doctors returning to paid work in public hospitals after parental leave need suitable facilities and enough time to express milk or feed their babies, as well as supportive colleagues and managers, says Dr Charlotte Chambers, Principal ... More >>
ACC medical advisors start rolling strikes tomorrow
Monday, 16 July 2018, 12:07 pm | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
“ACC medical advisors are poised to walk off the job tomorrow because they’ve had a gutsful of their employer’s cavalier approach to their pay, conditions and well-being,” says Lloyd Woods, a Senior Industrial Officer at the Association of ... More >>
Nurses’ commended for professionalism during strike
Friday, 13 July 2018, 1:55 pm | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
“Nurses are to be commended for acting with great professionalism throughout their 24-hour strike,” says Ian Powell, Executive Director of the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists (ASMS). More >>
ACC proposal unlawful and breaches health and safety
Tuesday, 10 July 2018, 9:03 am | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
“ACC’s proposal to disestablish over 100 jobs in its clinical services directorate is unlawful and causing unnecessary stress for affected staff,” says Lloyd Woods, a Senior Industrial Officer at the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists (ASMS). More >>
ACC senior doctors to strike for a fairer deal
Wednesday, 4 July 2018, 10:38 am | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
ACC medical advisors are to strike over improvements to pay and conditions that their union negotiator says should be a no-brainer. More >>
National ASMS Direct - nurses strike advice
Wednesday, 27 June 2018, 2:39 pm | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
NZNO Nurses strike We are still hopeful that DHBs will be able to move to an offer that would be acceptable to NZNO. However, ASMS members will now be deeply involved in preparations for the two national 24-hour strikes on 5 and 12 July. More >>
Dramatic rise in acute hospital patients
Thursday, 21 June 2018, 11:26 am | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
“Years of under-funding the public health system and other social services have resulted in a dramatic increase in acute hospital admissions,” says Lyndon Keene, Director of Policy and Research at the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists ... More >>
ACC adds insult to injury
Tuesday, 19 June 2018, 3:48 pm | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
“ACC has added insult to injury by planning to cut medical advisory staffing and then responding in a very cavalier way to our members’ quite reasonable requests for improvements to their collective employment agreement,” says Lloyd Woods, Senior ... More >>
Health bosses need to step up
Monday, 18 June 2018, 2:30 pm | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
“It’s up to health bosses now to put aside their point-scoring and knuckle down to the task of reaching an agreement with nurses to avoid national strikes,” says Ian Powell, Executive Director of the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists ... More >>
Taranaki DHB Laboratory Privatisation Bid Ditched
Thursday, 7 June 2018, 12:10 pm | ASMS
“Senior doctors are delighted the DHB has finally put the brakes on its attempt to privatise its hospital laboratory after dragging its heels on the matter,” says Ian Powell, Executive Director of the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists ... More >>
ACC review needs to be open and transparent
Thursday, 31 May 2018, 9:55 am | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
The senior doctors’ union is calling for a review into the conduct of ACC’s chief executive and the organisation’s culture to be open and transparent. More >>
Minister’s Letter to health bosses a missed opportunity
Wednesday, 30 May 2018, 9:46 am | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
Health Minister’s Letter of expectations to health bosses a missed opportunity to address workforce crisis More >>
Public health services in crisis require urgent Govt fix
Wednesday, 30 May 2018, 9:42 am | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
“The Government must fix the crisis with patient care at Auckland’s Middlemore Hospital urgently to ensure the struggling services there do not break down further as we head into what could be a disastrous winter,” says Ian Powell, Executive ... More >>
