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College Advocacy

ACEM has a vital interest in advocating on a range of issues that affect Emergency Medicine Specialists in providing safe, high quality emergency medical care to the community. In this context, the College contributes to the health policy debate in Australia and New Zealand by developing evidence-based submissions and position statements that represent the perspectives of emergency medicine.

ACEM reports and submissions in response to consultations and government enquiries are published here:

2013
Consulation on Victorian Parliament Inquiry into Serious Injury in Motor Vehicle Accidents
April 2013
Consultation on AHPRA Data Access and Research Policy
April 2013
Consultation on draft National guidelines for post-exposure prophylaxis after non-occupational and occupational exposure to HIV
March 2013
Consultation on the revised NSW Health Policy Directive on Contact Tracing
March 2013
Letter to NT Chief Minister on concerns with proposal to restore unrestricted speed limits
Feb 2013
Consultation on the Review of the Tasmanian Ambulance Service Act
February 2013

2012
Comment on proposed Intern Training Framework
December 2012
Submission on the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Plan 
December 2012
Comment on draft NSW Peripheral Intravenous Cannulation Policy
December 2012
Submission to NHMRC public consultation on Ethical Review of Quality Improvement Activities
November 2012
Recommendations following the inquest into the death of Elijah Slavkovic 
November 2012
Submission to Medical Board of Australia on review of Accreditation arrangements for the medical profession 
November 2012
Review of the Australian Lung Foundation's COPD-X resource
October 2012
Comment to NASO (NZ) on National Helicopter Dispatch Protocols for Ambulance Services
October 2012
Advice to Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee  on Emergency Drug Supplies section (Doctor's Bag)
October 2012
Submission on options for regulation of paramedics
September 2012
Comment on the evaluation of the Queensland Rural Generalist Program
August 2012
Response to AHPRA on audit of compliance with the CPD registration standard
August 2012
Comment to AHPRA on International Criminal History checks
August 2012
Comment to Medical Council of New Zealand on proposed amendments to the Statement on ‘Doctors who provide care to themselves or those close to them’
August 2012
Advice to TGA regarding products containing dextropropoxyphene
August 2012
Comment to Victorian Department of Health Review of the Health Services (Conciliation and Review) Act 1987
August 2012
Request to MCNZ  to clarify CPD program for doctors with a general scope of practice
July 2012
Comment to Rural Doctors Association of Australia on the proposal for a National Advanced Rural Training Program
July 2012
Feedback on Department of Health and Ageing Issues and Options Paper: Review of Anticoagulation Therapies in Atrial Fibrillation
July 2012
Comment on draft Guidelines on advanced trainees access to the Medicare Benefits Scheme in private settings
July 2012
Comment on Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee review of the Emergency Drug Supplies section (Doctor’s Bag) of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Schedule
June 2012
Comment on National Blood Authority Patient Blood Management Guidelines: Module 4 - Critical Care
May 2012
Comment on AMA review of the Position Statement on Medical Training in Expanded Settings including in the Private Sector - 2007
May 2012
Comment on draft AMA Guide to using the PCEHR
April 2012
Consultation on the establishment of eHealth NSW
April 2012
DOHA eHealth Division consultation on Proposals for Regulations and Rules for the Personally Controlled Electronic Health Records (PCEHR) System
April 2012
MBA consultation on the Board funding of external doctors’ health programs
April 2012
MCNZ consultation on the proposed name change to the Accident and Medical Practice scope of practice
April 2012
Department of Health & Ageing Pharmaceutical Policy Branch - Review of Anticoagulant Therapies in Atrial Fibrillation
February 2012
 
NPS Prescribing Competiencies Framework Project Draft 1.7
February 2012

2011

MBA Second round consultation on proposed registration standards for granting general registration as a medical practitioner to Australian and New Zealand medical gradulates on completion of intern training
December 2011
 
ACSQH National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards Guide for use in Hospitals
December 2011
 
APHRA Public consultation paper on the definition of practice
December 2011
 
NSW Health Literature Review on Bed Occupancy
November 2011
 
Commentary on the accreditation submission of Australasian College of Sports Physicians
October 2011
 
MBA Proposed registration standard for granting general registration as a medical practitioner to Australian and New Zealand medical graduates on completion of Intern training
September 2011
 
NSW Health End of Life Decisions Policy
September 2011
 
AMA Position Statement on the Role of the Doctor 2011
September 2011
 
MBA Guidlines for medical practitioners and medical students infected with blood-borne viruses
July 2011
 
Communicable Diseases Network Australia Guidelines for Health Care Workers with Blood Borne Viruses
July 2011
 
Review of the Implementation of the Elective Surgery Targets and National Access Guarentee and the Four Hour National Access Emergency Department Target
ACEM Submission
ACEM Trainee Submission
June 2011
 
National Health Workforce Innovation and Reform Strategic Framework for Action
May 2011
 
NSW Performance audit: Visiting Medical Officers and Staff Specialists
April 2011
 
National Blood Authority Draft Perioperative Module
April 2011
 
Heart Foundation 2010 addendum to Guidelines for the management of acute coronary syndromes 2006
January 2011