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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 46]
Air NZ Rescue Package Precedent For Health System
Friday, 5 October 2001, 9:25 am | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
“The Government’s announcement of its $885m rescue package for Air New Zealand sets a positive precedent to investigate for the public health system,” said Mr Ian Powell, Executive Director of the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists, today. More >>
Senior Doctors Union Reach New Membership Peak
Friday, 24 August 2001, 12:47 am | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
“Senior doctors have reached a new peak in their union membership with it increasing for the first time over 2000,” said Mr Ian Powell, Executive Director of the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists, today. “We are a young union formed in 1989. In ... More >>
Disciplinary System Needed For Health Managers
Monday, 6 August 2001, 5:21 pm | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
“New Zealand should consider introducing a disciplinary system for poor performing health managers similar to that used for doctors,” said Mr Ian Powell, Executive Director of the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists, today. This is being ... More >>
How Many Surrealists Does It Take To Change A Bulb
Friday, 27 July 2001, 3:54 pm | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
THE DIRECTION OF THE NEW ZEALAND PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM OR: How Many Surrealists Does It Take To Change A Light Bulb More >>
Canterbury Health Bosses Foolish
Friday, 20 July 2001, 5:01 pm | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
“Canterbury District Health Board bosses are being foolish over their approach to restructuring and have engaged in silly unnecessary hype with misleading claims over clinical leadership,” said Mr Ian Powell, Executive Director of the Association of ... More >>
Auckland Bed Crisis - Poor Planning And Funding
Friday, 20 July 2001, 2:20 pm | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
“The crisis of too few beds in Auckland’s public hospitals to cope with emergency admissions and forcing patients into corridors highlights serious planning and funding failures of successive governments,” said Mr Ian Powell, Executive Director of the ... More >>
Richard Prebble Trying To Turn Back Clock
Friday, 13 July 2001, 6:40 pm | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
“ACT leader Richard Prebble is trying to turn back the ideological clock with his call to privatise public hospital services in response to funding problems,” said Mr Ian Powell, Executive Director of the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists, ... More >>
Guaranteed Recipe For Medical Errors
Friday, 13 July 2001, 2:14 pm | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
“Overworked senior hospital doctors is widespread and a guaranteed recipe for medical errors some of which harm patients,” said Mr Ian Powell, Executive Director of the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists, today. Mr Powell was commenting on the ... More >>
Increased Public Hospital Deficits Inevitable
Thursday, 21 June 2001, 9:19 am | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
“Increased public hospital deficits are inevitable but there is no need to press the panic button,” said Mr Ian Powell, Executive Director of the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists, today. Mr Powell was responding to suggestions that the deficits ... More >>
Health Minister Both Right And Wrong
Thursday, 14 June 2001, 5:36 pm | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
“Health Minister Annette King was both right and wrong today in answering questions from opposition MPs in Parliament today,” said Mr Ian Powell, Executive Director of the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists, today. More >>
Just Plain Stupid
Wednesday, 13 June 2001, 8:39 am | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
“The attempt to gag district health board chief executives from speaking publicly on policy issues is just plain stupid,” said Mr Ian Powell, Executive Director of the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists, today. More >>
Public Hospital Under-Funding
Friday, 8 June 2001, 2:08 pm | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
“Claims that the Government’s decision in the Budget to under-fund public hospitals will force New Zealanders to consider private health insurance are unfortunately correct,” said Mr Ian Powell, Executive Director of the Association of Salaried Medical ... More >>
No Confidence In Government Budget Health Strategy
Thursday, 7 June 2001, 5:17 pm | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
“At a meeting today our National Executive has voted no confidence in the government’s health strategy announced in the Budget,” said Drs Peter Roberts and David Galler, President and Vice President respectively of the Association of Salaried Medical ... More >>
Too Much Political Spin In Waiting Times Report
Friday, 1 June 2001, 3:26 pm | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
“There is still too much political spin in the latest quarterly waiting times report because it highlights positive immediate trends but buries longer-term negative trends over access to treatment in the mass of data,” said Mr Ian Powell, Executive Director ... More >>
Scapegoats For An Anti-Public Hospital Budget?
Monday, 28 May 2001, 4:03 pm | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
“There are increasing suspicions that the government is going to use health professionals as a scapegoat over its anti-public hospital budget,” said Mr Ian Powell, Executive Director of the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists, today. More >>
Heads In Sand Over Public Hospitals
Friday, 25 May 2001, 12:37 am | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
“Health Minister Annette King and Treasurer Michael Cullen have their heads in the sand over their claims that there is fat in public hospitals,” said Mr Ian Powell, Executive Director of the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists, today. More >>
Budget Mirrors Fail To Disguise Bad News
Thursday, 24 May 2001, 5:11 pm | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
“Health funding mirrors in today’s Budget fail to disguise the bad news for public hospitals,” said Mr Ian Powell, Executive Director of the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists, today. More >>
Public Hospitals Should Increase Deficits
Tuesday, 8 May 2001, 9:00 am | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
“Public hospitals should be prepared to increase their financial deficits if the expected under-funding is confirmed in the Budget later this month,” said Mr Ian Powell, Executive Director of the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists, today. More >>
Govt Warned Against Expected Hospital Funding Cuts
Thursday, 3 May 2001, 11:15 am | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
Nurses and senior doctors are warning the Government against cutting public hospitals funding, as expected in this month’s Budget. In their first-ever joint national media statement the president of the Nurses Organisation Diane Penney and the president ... More >>
Taranaki Health Bosses Give Minister The Fingers
Monday, 9 April 2001, 5:54 pm | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
“Health bosses at the Taranaki District Health Board have given Health Minister Annette King the fingers over their privatisation of anaesthetic services,” said Mr Ian Powell, Executive Director of the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists, today. Mr ... More >>
