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Ombudsman needs oversight body
1st March, 2010
28 February 2010. The Victorian Ombudsman must be subject to an oversight body which has the power to make directions to correct errors in process, according to AMA Victoria, in its submission to the independent review of Victoria’s integrity an...
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AMA Victoria's 2010-11 State Budget Submission - Improving mental health care
1st March, 2010
AMA Victoria recommends that the Victorian Government commit funding to the next stage of the Mental Health Strategy — a cost of $215.4 million over four years. The Victorian Government’s strong commitment to mental health reform is recogn...
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AMA Victoria's 2010-11 State Budget Submission - Improving hospital incentives
17th February, 2010
AMA Victoria recommends an improved casemix plus system of funding hospitals to provide more incentives for long term planning and innovative health solutions. Victoria’s casemix, or activity-based, funding system for hospitals has driven effici...
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AMA Victoria's 2010-11 State Budget Submission - Improving access for country Victorians
7th February, 2010
AMA Victoria recommends $94.6 million over four years for a rural rescue package for country medical services. Rural public hospitals, and to a significant extent regional public hospitals, rely for their medical workforce on local doctors in private ...
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AMA Victoria's 2010-11 State Budget Submission - Improving health for older people in their homes
11th January, 2010
AMA Victoria recommends $37 million to protect older Victorians from heat through subsidised air conditioning. Older Victorians are at particular risk of harm from extremes in weather. Very high temperatures, and to a lesser extent cold, can hav...
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AMA Victoria's 2010-11 State Budget Submission - Improving access to doctors
10th January, 2010
AMA Victoria recommends $68 million over four years to support training for the next generation of doctors. We have a shortage of doctors in Victoria. Access to health services is compromised by a lack of doctors in many areas. Due to earlier decisi...
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AMA Victoria's 2010-11 State Budget Submission - Tobacco Control
28th December, 2009
Victoria’s record on preventative health care leads the nation, but we still have too many people sick and dying from preventable conditions. The biggest killer remains tobacco. To support the recent Tobacco Strategy, AMA Victoria recommends two ...
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AMA Victoria's 2010-11 State Budget Submission - Improving patients’ access to hospital
4th December, 2009
AMA Victoria recommends $878 million over four years for hospital capacity to keep up with population growth. The most urgent problem facing Victoria’s public health system is the lack of capacity in public hospitals. Efficiency, effectiveness, ...
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Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Victoria) Bill 2009
24th November, 2009
This legislation is due to be debated in the Parliament of Victoria's Legislative Assembly in the sitting week commencing 10 November 2009. AMA Victoria says: National registration of medical practitioners and other health professions is overdu...
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AMA Victoria's State Budget 2009-2010 submission
26th February, 2009
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Submission to the Review of the Mental Health Act 1986
1st February, 2009
AMA Victoria welcomes the opportunity to make a submission to the review of the Mental Health Act 1986. Victoria’s mental health laws are outdated by national and international standards and need to change to reflect changing views and changing methods of the treatment of mental illness in society.