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.

Contact Association of Salaried Medical Specialists (ASMS)

Website - www.asms.org.nz
Phone - +64 4 499 1271

Association of Salaried Medical Specialists (ASMS) - Latest News [Page 13]

Relief for public health in sight but a lot more needed

Thursday, 17 May 2018, 3:57 pm | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists

“The Government’s health budget revealed today offers some relief to the cash-strapped public health system but clearly much more will be required to reverse years of under-resourcing,” says Lyndon Keene, Director of Policy and Research at the Association of Salaried ... More >>

ASSM: Fingers crossed for the budget

Tuesday, 15 May 2018, 2:22 pm | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists

“Public hospital specialists are desperately hoping the first Budget from the new coalition government will make a real difference to waiting lists, high levels of unmet health needs and the increasingly bare cupboards,” says Lyndon Keene, Director ... More >>

Call to abolish capital charges on DHBs

Monday, 14 May 2018, 1:28 pm | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists

Capital charges on the country’s district health boards should be scrapped, says Lyndon Keene, Director of Policy and Research for the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists (ASMS). More >>

Senior doctors welcome Government decision ruling out PPP

Monday, 14 May 2018, 11:24 am | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists

“Senior doctors and dentists will be pleased the Government is taking a sensible approach to the Dunedin Hospital rebuild by ruling out private investment,” says Angela Belich, Deputy Executive Director of the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists ... More >>

Hospital administration staff essential

Wednesday, 18 April 2018, 3:41 pm | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists

“Administration and clerical staff working in public hospitals provide essential support to front line clinical staff, including senior doctors and dentists, and need to be paid fairly,” says Angela Belich, Deputy Executive Director of the Association ... More >>

Threat to New Zealand’s public health services re-emerges

Friday, 13 April 2018, 10:45 am | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists

“New Zealand has further cause to worry about the implications for our health system with the news that the US President is considering rejoining the international trade deal formerly known as the TPPA,” says Ian Powell, Executive Director of ... More >>

Health workforce matters too

Wednesday, 4 April 2018, 3:14 pm | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists

“The Health Minister’s annual ‘letter of expectations’ to the country’s district health boards needs to spell out the importance of fixing longstanding workforce shortages as well as the run-down state of our public hospitals,” says Ian Powell, ... More >>

New President and National Executive: senior doctors’ union

Thursday, 29 March 2018, 3:39 pm | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists

Ian Powell, Executive Director of the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists (ASMS), says a new National Executive takes office for a three-year term from 1 April. More >>

ASMS research on bullying published in BMJ Open

Monday, 26 March 2018, 12:02 pm | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists

Ground-breaking ASMS research into the prevalence and consequences of bullying within New Zealand’s senior medical workforce has been published in the BMJ Open, a journal for medical researchers around the world. More >>

Stern warning to DHBs about spending but...

Friday, 23 March 2018, 12:29 pm | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists

“The Health Minister is right to put the country’s public hospital managers on notice about their spending but it’s important not to over-react and go down a path of micro-management,” says Ian Powell, Executive Director of the Association ... More >>

Senior doctors welcome Government policy decisions

Wednesday, 21 March 2018, 3:57 pm | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists

“Senior doctors are welcoming reports that the Government won’t be selling off public assets and, by extension, be handing over control of public assets to private interests,” says Ian Powell, Executive Director of the Association of Salaried ... More >>

Shamefully short deadline for scrutiny of CPTPP

Wednesday, 14 March 2018, 1:41 pm | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists

“The absurdly short deadline for submissions on an international trade deal with far-reaching implications for health delivery in New Zealand shows the Government is not serious about scrutinising the deal properly,” says Ian Powell, Executive ... More >>

Senior doctors remind Government of pre-election support

Wednesday, 28 February 2018, 3:03 pm | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists

Senior doctors are reminding the Labour Party of its pre-election support for an independent health impact assessment of the international trade deal formerly known as the TPPA, and asking when it will happen. More >>

Auckland hospitals struggling to cope

Thursday, 22 February 2018, 3:18 pm | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists

“The strong message about a public health system at breaking point that Auckland hospital leaders have given politicians will resonate with senior doctors and other front-line staff who deal with the consequences every day,” says Angela Belich, ... More >>

National ASMS Direct Feb 14

Wednesday, 14 February 2018, 3:39 pm | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists

Welcome to the 2nd issue for 2018 of ASMS Direct , our national electronic publication. You can also keep in touch with the latest news and views on health issues relevant to public hospital specialists via our website www.asms.nz , which contains links ... More >>

Spend-up shows Ministry is out of touch

Wednesday, 7 February 2018, 11:06 am | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists

“The huge spend-up by the Ministry of Health’s former Director-General just shows out of touch the Ministry has become with the real world of cash-strapped hospitals and shortages in front line clinical staff,” says Ian Powell, Executive Director ... More >>