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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 25]
Address to Marburger Bund Autumn General Assembly
Tuesday, 28 May 2013, 9:12 am | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
Once again I am delighted to attend your Assembly again and to make some brief observations as the relationship between our union, the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists, and yours continues to grow. I also note with pleasure that we have a small but visible ... More >>
Health Shortfall Has Serious Implications
Friday, 17 May 2013, 9:23 am | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
“An estimated $150 million funding shortfall in the health budget has serious implications for public hospital medical specialists, who are already stretched to the limit because of entrenched workforce shortages,” said Mr Ian Powell, Executive Director of the ... More >>
Retention of Overseas Trained Specialist Deteriorating
Wednesday, 8 May 2013, 12:09 pm | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
Retention of immigrant doctors (international medical graduates - IMGs) who have registered as specialists in New Zealand over the past decade has deteriorated markedly, according to Medical Council registration data. More >>
Sadness at Loss of Dr Pete Foley
Tuesday, 16 April 2013, 5:17 pm | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
“Senior doctors will feel much sadness at the loss of Dr Pete Foley, former Chair of the Medical Association,” said Mr Ian Powell, Executive Director of the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists, today. His death was reported earlier today. More >>
Newly qualified NZ specialists quitting at an increased rate
Tuesday, 16 April 2013, 2:59 pm | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
New Zealand’s newly qualified specialists are quitting practice in this country at an increasing rate. The Medical Council’s latest medical workforce report (for 2011) shows that of the New Zealand doctors who gained vocational registration in ... More >>
Public Hospital Kitchen Debate Has High Risks/Opportunities
Thursday, 11 April 2013, 11:55 am | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
“The proposal from the government’s crown agency Health Benefits New Zealand to heavily centralise public hospital kitchens has high risks but also offers promising opportunities,” said Mr Ian Powell, Executive Director of the Association of Salaried ... More >>
Political Dumping on Surgeon Leader for Inconvenient Truth
Thursday, 28 March 2013, 3:17 pm | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
“The political dumping on a surgeon leader for reporting an inconvenient truth to general practitioners is both unfair and unacceptable,” said Mr Ian Powell, Executive Director of the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists, today. More >>
Entrenched Medical Shortage is Becoming Increasingly Unsafe
Monday, 18 March 2013, 10:53 am | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
Shortages of public hospital medical specialists, which have existed for many years in many areas, have become so entrenched that the resulting sub-standard conditions have become the ‘norm’. That is one of the key findings of a comprehensive report ... More >>
Dangerous Precedent Threatens Hospital Workforce
Friday, 15 March 2013, 5:35 pm | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
“The New Zealand Medical Association is right to criticise the decision of the High Court to overturn the Coroner and remove name suppression in a case where the Coroner found no fault with individual health professionals. It sets a dangerous ... More >>
Entrenched public hospital specialist shortages unsafe
Monday, 4 February 2013, 9:02 am | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
“Many public hospitals will need to reduce services in the near future as a result of continuing shortages of medical specialists,” said Mr Ian Powell, Executive Director of the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists, today. More >>
Health Bosses Embellish and Misrepresent Private Monopoly
Tuesday, 18 December 2012, 4:04 pm | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
“Health Bosses Embellish, Spin And Misrepresent Private Monopoly Risk” “Waitemata health bosses are engaging in embellishment, spin and misrepresentation to fudge the handing over of the running of a new public hospital elective surgical centre ... More >>
PM Flunks Maths Test in Hospital Doctor Claims
Wednesday, 5 December 2012, 3:11 pm | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
“The Prime Minister has flunked a maths test in his widely inaccurate claims of increased public hospital doctor numbers under his government,” said Mr Ian Powell, Executive Director of the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists, today. More >>
Presidential Address - Dr Jeff Brown
Thursday, 29 November 2012, 10:27 am | ASMS
This is the 24th Annual Conference of the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists. You are the representative senior doctors and dentists who have been granted favour to attend by your colleagues covering duties at home. I am recording my tenth Presidential ... More >>
Waikato Denver mission highlights financial wastage
Monday, 8 October 2012, 9:46 am | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
“The urgent recruitment mission to Denver by the Waikato District Health Board highlights the financial wastage caused by specialist shortages in our public hospitals,” said Mr Ian Powell, Executive Director of the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists, ... More >>
District Health Boards Caught Between Rock And Hard Place
Thursday, 2 August 2012, 4:33 pm | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
“District Health Boards Caught Between Rock And Hard Place; Perversity of Financial Penalties And Incentives” “District health boards are caught between a rock and a hard place over the funding system for elective surgery,” said Mr Ian Powell, ... More >>
Letter Of Expectations To The Minister Of Health
Tuesday, 31 July 2012, 9:12 am | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
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 >>
Budget Does Not Give Enough to Health
Thursday, 24 May 2012, 3:52 pm | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
“The small increases for health in today’s budget won’t compensate for increasing cost pressures and government expectations of DHBs,” said Angela Belich Assistant Executive Director of the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists, today. More >>
Address to General Assembly of Germany Doctors Union
Wednesday, 23 May 2012, 8:46 am | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
Kia ora, tena koutou, tena koutou. These words are from the language of New Zealand’s indigenous population, Maori, and in this context roughly translates to hello, greetings, cheers and thank you. More >>
Health Staff Shouldn’t Be Victims Of Funding Shortfalls
Tuesday, 22 May 2012, 9:10 am | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
“Health Staff Shouldn’t Be Victims Of Funding Shortfalls” “Health staff should not be the victims of funding shortfalls,” said Mr Ian Powell, Executive Director of the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists, today. Mr Powell was ... More >>
Health minister’s doctor numbers claim makes little sense
Thursday, 26 April 2012, 4:40 pm | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
“Minister of Health Tony Ryall’s claim last week that there have been over 100 extra hospital doctors at Capital & Coast District Health Board makes little sense,” said Mr Ian Powell, Executive Director of the Association of Salaried Medical ... More >>
