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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 7]
Use of motels demonstrates perils of short-termism
Monday, 23 September 2019, 12:08 pm | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
News that Wellington Hospital is using motels to deal with patient over-flow is a consequence of the short-termism that characterises new hospital builds in New Zealand, says Angela Belich, Acting Executive Director of the Association of Salaried Medical ... More >>
New Executive Director appointed
Wednesday, 11 September 2019, 2:48 pm | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
Sarah Dalton has been appointed Executive Director of the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists (ASMS), effective 1 January 2020. More >>
Mental health initiative welcomed
Monday, 9 September 2019, 12:37 pm | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
A primary health care initiative aimed at boosting mental health care provision in general practices has been welcomed by the senior doctors’ union. More >>
David Clark must take responsibility
Friday, 6 September 2019, 11:03 am | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
“The Health Minister must stop making excuses and take action to deal with the care crisis at Middlemore Hospital, as well as the wider crisis in the public health service”, says Ian Powell, Executive Director of the Association of Salaried Medical ... More >>
Cancer Action Plan welcomed by senior doctors’ union
Monday, 2 September 2019, 8:56 am | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
Establishing a Cancer Control Agency and providing more funding for cancer drugs are much-needed developments for improving the state of cancer care, says Ian Powell, Executive Director of the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists (ASMS). Mr ... More >>
“Off-line” ambulances sign of staffing crisis
Thursday, 29 August 2019, 4:17 pm | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
The dangerous practice of keeping patients waiting in ambulances for up to two hours is another sign of a system in crisis due to workforce shortages, says Association of Salaried Medical Specialists (ASMS) Executive Director Ian Powell. More >>
Meeting with Minister a positive step
Thursday, 29 August 2019, 11:49 am | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
News that Health Minister David Clark will meet the authors of a damning gastroenterology report has been welcomed by the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists (ASMS). More >>
Patients suffer while workforce shortages are ignored
Thursday, 29 August 2019, 8:26 am | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
Turning away patients with serious and painful gynaecological conditions is the sad legacy of successive governments’ collective failure to address the crisis in specialist staffing, Association of Salaried Medical Specialists (ASMS) Executive Director Ian ... More >>
Little progress in distributed clinical leadership
Monday, 19 August 2019, 12:53 pm | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
“District Health Boards are failing to foster a culture of distributed clinical leadership, despite its demonstrated benefits to the sector,” says Ian Powell, Executive Director of the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists (ASMS). More >>
Urgent efforts needed to restore confidence
Saturday, 10 August 2019, 1:18 pm | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
The head of the senior doctors’ union has commended hospital specialists at Canterbury District Health Board for drawing attention to significant problems with Christchurch Hospital’s planning process. More >>
More evidence of public hospitals under pressure
Friday, 9 August 2019, 9:35 am | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
“Reports of yet another full public hospital struggling to cope with the winter influx of patients is more evidence of a public health system under extreme pressure,” says Ian Powell, Executive Director of the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists ... More >>
More effort needed to fix the gaps in health care
Thursday, 8 August 2019, 12:49 pm | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
To relieve the mounting pressure on health services, the divide between hospitals and community health services must be fixed, according to a Research Brief published today by the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists (ASMS). More >>
Vote Health funding falls short – again
Wednesday, 7 August 2019, 3:42 pm | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
A post-Budget analysis of Vote Health funding has confirmed that health spending as a proportion of the economy continues to fall well short of what is needed. More >>
Budget health spend analysis - ASMS/CTU
Wednesday, 7 August 2019, 3:41 pm | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
A significant tightening in District Health Board mental health funding has been revealed as the Government appears to be shuffling money around mental health. More >>
More investment in hospital specialist workforce needed
Tuesday, 6 August 2019, 10:28 am | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
“The size of hospital deficits is yet another sign the Government needs to invest more in the health workforce, including hospital specialists,” says Ian Powell, Executive Director of the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists (ASMS). More >>
Hospital specialists welcome boost for cancer care
Monday, 5 August 2019, 2:31 pm | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
The senior doctors’ union is welcoming the Government’s announcement of improvements to cancer care. More >>
Speech: ASSM - Toughen up David; the Fires Are Burning
Saturday, 27 July 2019, 6:23 pm | 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. But, given that this both my 30th ... More >>
Waikato DHB survey indicative of national crisis
Monday, 22 July 2019, 1:30 pm | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
One of the country’s largest district health boards has a severe shortage of hospital specialists, says the senior doctors’ union, the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists (ASMS). More >>
DHB numbers a distraction from the real issues
Monday, 1 July 2019, 12:30 pm | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
“Reducing the number of district health boards will not magically resolve the heavy burdens of financial deficits and workforce shortages in our hospitals,” says Ian Powell, Executive Director of the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists (ASMS). More >>
Medical migration risk to poor countries’ health services
Thursday, 27 June 2019, 6:36 pm | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
Wealthy countries have a responsibility to consider the impact of hiring doctors from poorer countries and try to minimise the practice, says Dr Otmar Kloiber, Secretary General of the World Medical Association. More >>
