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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 19]
More signs that public hospitals are struggling to cope
Tuesday, 17 November 2015, 12:56 pm | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
“Reports that one of the country’s largest public hospitals is full is yet another sign that hospitals are struggling to cope with the increasing demands being placed on them,” says Ian Powell, Executive Director of the Association of Salaried Medical ... More >>
Deteriorating access to hip and knee surgery
Wednesday, 11 November 2015, 4:18 pm | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
“Some hard questions need to be asked about access to hip and knee surgery around the country and why the threshold for getting treatment seems to be getting higher and higher,” says Ian Powell, Executive Director of the Association of Salaried ... More >>
Bad response to financial pressures on DHBs
Monday, 9 November 2015, 3:49 pm | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
Reducing employment conditions of health staff not a good response to financial pressures on DHBs More >>
Annual leave balances a sign of a system under pressure
Monday, 9 November 2015, 10:19 am | ASMS
“The big annual leave balances being notched up by public hospitals are yet another sign of a health system under pressure,” says Ian Powell, Executive Director of the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists (ASMS). More >>
Loss of accreditation highlights years of under-funding
Wednesday, 28 October 2015, 2:43 pm | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
The loss and threatened loss of training accreditation at some of New Zealand’s biggest hospitals is a consequence of years of under-investment in our public health service, says Angela Belich, Deputy Executive Director of the Association of Salaried ... More >>
Break the cycle of expensive external advisors
Friday, 16 October 2015, 1:46 pm | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
“The cash-strapped Southern District Health Board needs to break the cycle of seeking expensive external advice and turn instead to expertise within its own ranks,” says Ian Powell, Executive Director of the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists ... More >>
High Court TPPA ruling sends strong message to Government
Tuesday, 13 October 2015, 12:29 pm | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
“Today’s High Court decision sends the Government a clear message that it needs to be more transparent when negotiating trade deals with far-reaching consequences for New Zealanders,” says Ian Powell, Executive Director of the Association of ... More >>
Workforce shortage threatens public dermatology service
Monday, 5 October 2015, 10:05 am | ASMS
“More and more people will miss out on publicly-funded dermatology treatment if the current shortage of hospital dermatologists continues,” says Ian Powell, Executive Director of the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists (ASMS). More >>
Patients deserve better than health as trade deal dead rat
Monday, 5 October 2015, 9:23 am | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
Patients deserve better than having their health system becoming a swallowed dead rat in trade deal More >>
Inadequate progress on clinical engagement in hospitals
Friday, 2 October 2015, 12:11 pm | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
A survey of ASMS members employed in district health boards this year highlights the lack of progress being made on genuinely incorporating distributive clinical leadership within the country’s public hospitals, says Ian Powell, Executive Director ... More >>
Power of balance poised to tip even further
Wednesday, 30 September 2015, 12:29 pm | ASMS
International reports suggest that the latest proposal under the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) would effectively mean an extra three years of monopolies for biologic medicines, says Ian Powell, Executive Director of the Association of Salaried Medical ... More >>
ASMS welcomes legal challenge to TPPA secrecy
Monday, 28 September 2015, 2:25 pm | ASMS
Today’s legal challenge to the secrecy surrounding the Government’s negotiations in the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) is important for safeguarding the interests of New Zealanders, says Angela Belich, Deputy Executive Director of the ... More >>
Senior hospital doctor silenced on TPPA
Thursday, 17 September 2015, 8:16 am | ASMS
The Whanganui District Health Board has summoned a senior hospital doctor to a disciplinary meeting because of his views on the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA), says Ian Powell, Executive Director of the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists ... More >>
Government’s Arrogance Over TPPA Secrecy
Monday, 17 August 2015, 1:23 pm | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
“Trade Minister Tim Groser has demonstrated breathtaking arrogance in dismissing concerns about the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) raised by health professionals and the general public,” says Ian Powell, Executive Director of the Association ... More >>
Secrecy of TPPA documents heads to court
Friday, 31 July 2015, 5:16 pm | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
A legal challenge to the secrecy of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) negotiations will be launched in the High Court next week. More >>
Achieving Patient-Centred Care Or Floccinaucinihipilfication
Friday, 31 July 2015, 3:15 pm | ASMS
Thank you for the opportunity to address you again. As always my comments are personal observations, although in broad terms at least I believe they are consistent with the Association’s view on the matters discussed. In this address I would like to ... More >>
Government admits the TPPA will push up medicine costs
Tuesday, 28 July 2015, 1:59 pm | ASMS
“Finally, we get an admission from the Government that medicine costs will rise under the secret Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA),” says Ian Powell, Executive Director of the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists (ASMS). More >>
Proposed DHB funding shake-up makes no sense
Tuesday, 28 July 2015, 12:25 pm | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
“Changing the way public hospitals are funded without proper consideration risks fragmenting health funding, disrupting patient services and undermining innovation,” says Ian Powell, Executive Director of the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists ... More >>
More signs of growing unmet health need
Monday, 27 July 2015, 2:55 pm | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
“The latest figures out of a district health board are further evidence that an increasing number of people are not getting the health care they need from public hospitals,” says Ian Powell, Executive Director of the Association of Salaried ... More >>
Trade minister must listen to medical specialists on TPP
Wednesday, 15 July 2015, 9:28 am | ASMS
“Trade Minister Tim Groser must listen to the serious warning raised by medical specialists over the threats to patients and taxpayers in the Trans Pacific trade negotiations. He damages his government’s credibility by dismissing them as politically ... More >>
