Congratulations to our new Life Members!
AMA(SA) President Dr Michelle Atchison congratulated South Australia’s newest Life Members of the AMA at a morning tea on 2 May.
Dr Atchison welcomed 11 Life Members at an event she said was important in recognising and acknowledging the contributions the doctors had made to medicine over more than half a century.
5 MAY 2022
South Australian hospitals standing out for all the wrong reasons
It’s taken 19 months but AMA(SA) President Dr Michelle Atchison, Vice President Dr John Williams and CEO Dr Sam Mead were finally able to welcome AMA President Dr Omar Khorshid in Adelaide on Tuesday, 15 March. Dr Khorshid outlined to members of AMA(SA) Council the key AMA federal election priorities – with funding for public hospitals obviously a major focus for Saturday’s state election.
16 MAR 2022
A system in crisis
AMA(SA) is asking the state’s voters to scrutinise how candidates are proposing to fix the health system after the 19 March election.
In its 2022 Election Priorities document released on 24 February, AMA(SA) outlines key health sectors that require significant attention and investment so patients can access and receive the care they should expect.
24 FEB 2022
Hospitals need a Commonwealth injection
AMA(SA) President Dr Michelle Atchison has reinforced the Federal AMA’s call for a significant increase in the Commonwealth contribution to public hospital funding.
On Saturday, 12 February, the AMA released its pre-election call for a major investment from the Commonwealth in the nation’s public hospitals to ‘clear the hospital logjam’.
14 FEB 2022
Rural doctors' contracts announced
The resolution of the rural doctors’ contracts announced on 24 January 2022 is a lifeline for regional patients and communities.
28 JAN 2022
Rural doctors urge government action after crisis meeting
South Australia’s rural doctors are seeking a quick and supportive response from SA Health’s Rural Support Services (RSS) to their call for a fair and respectful package of contract conditions
The call comes after AMA(SA) and the Rural Doctors Association of South Australia (RDASA) held an online mass meeting of its rural members on Wednesday, 21 July 2021. The meeting attracted the largest group of rural doctors to attend such a meeting in South Australia’s history.
22 JUL 2021
Rural Towns at Risk Through Health Crisis
For many months, AMA(SA) and the Rural Doctors Association of South Australia (RDASA) have been representing the state’s rural general practitioners (GPs) in negotiations with SA Health’s Rural Support Services about the conditions under which the doctors provide services to regional hospitals.
These negotiations followed the expiration of existing contracts with South Australia’s rural doctors in November 2020.
16 JUL 2021
New President for AMA(SA)
Dr Michelle Atchison is the new President of AMA(SA).
Dr Atchison is a private psychiatrist who specialises in the treatment of the psychological effects of trauma. She was elected as President at the AMA(SA) AGM on 6 May, assuming the position after a two-year term as Vice President under the outgoing President, Dr Chris Moy.
The incoming Vice President is Port Lincoln general practitioner (GP) and AMA(SA) Councillor Dr John Williams.
7 MAY 2021
Latest COVID-19 (coronavirus) updates
South Australia's COVID-19 outbreak
The situation relating to the COVID-19 outbreak of the week beginning 16 November continues to change rapidly. Please visit the SA Health website for up-to-date information about whether you should seek testing and suitable testing sites.
17 NOV 2020