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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 32]
Loss of newly trained specialists compounds worry
Tuesday, 7 August 2007, 11:24 am | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
Auckland senior doctors are worried about the numbers of newly trained specialists leaving for Australia, on top of the loss of experienced staff. More >>
DHB pay figures massively inflated and misleading
Wednesday, 1 August 2007, 10:30 am | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
District Health Boards are massively inflating their pay offer by focusing on senior doctors who work longer hours than their colleagues covering after-hours emergencies, shortages and absences. More >>
DHBs need to stop distorting the facts – ASMS
Monday, 30 July 2007, 11:49 am | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
The Association of Salaried Medical Specialists is calling on DHBs to stop making excuses and to front up to the real issue of a health workforce in crisis. More >>
New Zealand public hospitals threatened
Monday, 30 July 2007, 9:28 am | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
New Zealand has lost at least 80 specialists to jobs in Australia in the last eighteen months. What was a trickle is now assuming the proportions of a flood which threatens the viability of New Zealand’s public hospitals. More >>
Ian Powell: Address To Conference
Sunday, 29 July 2007, 1:04 pm | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
Once again thank you for the opportunity to address your Conference, something which I have always enjoyed. The views expressed below are my own although I do not believe they constitute a substantive departure from or contradict Association policy. More >>
Wgtn senior doctors say patient safety on the line
Wednesday, 25 July 2007, 2:44 pm | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
Wellington senior doctors say patient safety will be further compromised if the Government does not take action over the workforce crisis facing New Zealand hospitals. More >>
Patient safety could be compromised
Tuesday, 24 July 2007, 5:58 pm | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
Senior doctors at one of the busiest emergency care hospitals in the southern hemisphere say patient safety will be compromised if the Government does not intervene in the health workforce crisis. More >>
Hutt Valley doctors hold Government to account
Tuesday, 24 July 2007, 10:27 am | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
Hutt Valley senior doctors today condemned the Government for its failure to intervene in the crisis facing New Zealand’s health system. More >>
Industrial action could be on cards: senior docs
Monday, 23 July 2007, 9:42 am | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
Senior doctors say the District Health Boards have woefully underestimated the depth of their concerns and their willingness to act in the face of a specialist staffing crisis in New Zealand hospital and the pressure it is placing on services and patients. More >>
Senior doctors pass no confidence vote in DHBs
Saturday, 21 July 2007, 2:10 pm | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
Bay of Plenty doctors have said they have no confidence in the district health boards' industrial relations strategy for the health workforce. More >>
Northland specialists concerned for patients
Friday, 20 July 2007, 10:41 am | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
Northland senior doctors today expressed concern about the impact recruitment and retention problems are having on the care and treatment of Northland people. Many people in Northland are in difficult economic circumstances and face high health ... More >>
Senior doctors support calls for swift resolution
Friday, 20 July 2007, 10:20 am | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
The country’s senior doctors support Medical Council Chair’s call for a swift resolution of their negotiations with DHBs. Medical Council Chair John Campbell has told Radio New Zealand that there is a serious shortage of senior doctors particularly ... More >>
Senior doctors accuse DHBs of con job
Wednesday, 18 July 2007, 2:05 pm | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
Gisborne senior doctors today described the DHBs call for arbitration as a “con job and a panic reaction”. More >>
Senior doctors accuse DHBs of con job
Wednesday, 18 July 2007, 1:51 pm | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
Gisborne senior doctors today described the DHBs call for arbitration as a “con job and a panic reaction”. And this morning’s stopwork meeting involving senior doctors from Tairawhiti DHB unanimously supported holding a vote on whether to take ... More >>
Senior doctors say DHBs in panic mode
Wednesday, 18 July 2007, 9:47 am | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
Senior doctors say the depth of feeling shown by their members at their unprecedented stopwork meetings today has put the DHBs on the back foot. More >>
Senior doctors say DHBs in panic mode
Wednesday, 18 July 2007, 9:39 am | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
Senior doctors say the depth of feeling shown by their members at their unprecedented stopwork meetings today has put the DHBs on the back foot. Association of Salaried Medical Specialists Executive Director Ian Powell says the DHBs are now panicking ... More >>
Senior doctors say NZ medical workforce in crisis
Wednesday, 18 July 2007, 9:38 am | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
Senior doctors at the first of a series of stopwork meetings have unanimously given the green light for a vote on industrial action. And in a further step, senior doctors at the meeting also resolved to send a message that the entire New Zealand medical ... More >>
Senior doctors say NZ medical workforce in crisis
Tuesday, 17 July 2007, 4:18 pm | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
Senior doctors at the first of a series of stopwork meetings have unanimously given the green light for a vote on industrial action. More >>
Senior doctors to discuss industrial action
Monday, 16 July 2007, 7:10 pm | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
Tomorrow, in the first of a series of national stopwork meetings, senior doctors will discuss the potential of industrial action. More >>
Senior doctors to discuss industrial action
Monday, 16 July 2007, 3:35 pm | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
Tomorrow, in the first of a series of national stopwork meetings, senior doctors will discuss the potential of industrial action. In an unprecedented move, senior doctors around the country will stop work to discuss how to resolve the issues surrounding ... More >>
