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PREVIOUS NEWS ITEMS

  • A new Salaried Medical Officers Enterprise Agreement was formally approved by the SA Employment Tribunal on 2 February 2022 (link)
  • 'COVID Status Plans' for Local Health Networks (Member Update - 5 January 2022 - PDF)

  • Abstracts called for 2022 Australasian Doctors’ Health Conference (link)

  • Emergency: Children ramped outside WCH (InDaily - 24 November 2021)

  • Unions condemn SA government's new ad campaign, calling for money to instead be spent on the health system (ABC News - 15 November 2021)

  • Unpaid overtime 'embedded' in SA Health business model (InDaily - 3 November 2021)

  • SA Health reaches alarming new depths in survey ranking (Member Update - 2 November 2021 - PDF)

  • "28 Days" Campaign Has a Win! Tribunal Orders Employer to Comply with EA (Member Update - 19 October 2021 - PDF)

  • 'The system is broken': Nurses' damning evidence about WCH care (InDaily - 18 October 2021)

  • Hundreds of doctors have walked off the job, worried about the state of our health system and the pressure they're under (9 News - 13 October 2021)

  • WCH Emergency Department suffering its own emergency (Media Release - 1 September 2021 - PDF)(InDaily, 9 News, ABC News)

  • Professional development scholarships for women in the health sector - apply by 10 September (more)

  • Disturbing results of survey of doctors regarding pressure to discharge patients (link) - 7 June 2021

  • Minister's silence on budget cut questions is no answer to crisis (InDaily - 20 May 2021)

  • KordaMentha Tranche 2 Savings Plan, CALHN Elective Surgery, plus TQEH consultation documents (Member Update - 12 May 2021)(PDF)

  • Flinders Medical Centre suffers overcrowding "disasters" more than ever - ABC Radio Breakfast (4 May 2021)

  • ‘Unprecedented’: clinicians report 139 people waiting in hospital EDs - InDaily, 9 News (3 May 2021)

  • WCH doctors in 'revolt' over plan - The Advertiser (30 April 2021)

  • Clinicians from as many as nine different departments at the Women's and Children's Hospital are refusing to sign off on the government's design brief for a new hospital - 9 News (29 April)

  • Clinicians critical of new Women's and Children's Hospital plan due to bed shortage concerns - ABC Online​ (29 April 2021)

  • 'House of cards': Govt extends WCH consultation amid clinician warnings - InDaily (29 April 2021)

  • Emergency department overcrowding at the Women's and Children's "the worst it's ever been" - 9 News (21 April 2021)

  • Medical Emergency - SA Weekend Magazine (17 April 2021)(PDF)

  • Mental Health Crisis - The Advertiser, 16 April 2021 (PDF)

  • SafeWork SOS: Inquiry call over RAH emergency department - InDaily (15 April 2021)

  • SA doctors consider class action for 'wage theft' - InDaily (24 March 2021)

  • ASMOF (SA Branch) elections (17 March 2021)(link)

  • Nominations open for SASMOA Council (11 March 2021)(link)

  • Doctors ordered to discharge patients from hospital before ready: union - 9 March 2021 (InDaily, The Advertiser, 10 News, 9 News, 7 News)

  • Premature baby's critical surgery cancelled due to budget constraints - 5 March 2021 (10 News, 9 News, 7 News, ABC online

  • Australian Medical Council online workshops for medical professionals from March to June 2021 (link

  • Watch: Ambulance report highlights unacceptable delays - 13 February 2021 (9 News)  

  • CALHN Member Update - 8 January 2021 (Member Update)

  • Superannuation Survey - 6 January 2021 (Member Update - PDF, Survey Summary - PDF)

  • Doctors for Doctors Workshop - Saturday 7 November (more information

  • Read, Watch - Concerns raised about WCH cancer services (InDaily, ABC Online, 9 News, 7 News, 10 News, The Advertiser

  • Read, Watch - Lack of paediatric cardiac service linked to deaths of four babies at WCH (20 & 21 October 2020) - InDaily, ABC online9 News, 7 News, 10 News, ABC TV News (at 8 min 40), Sky News Australia, The Advertiser, The Project )

  • SASMOA gives evidence at Select Committee into Health Services in SA (20 October 2020 - transcript

  • Read - Angry doctors slam 'unethical' and 'harmful' RAH mental health services (InDaily - 29 Sept 2020)(link)

  • Watch - Outdated equipment being used at the Women's and Children's Hospital is putting lives at risk according to the doctor's union (28 Sept 2020) - Ten News

  • SASMOA launches Fatigue Scan for Members (link)

  • Read - MEDIA RELEASE: Doctors’ Union to target wage theft, fatigue, workloads & work/life balance in negotiations starting today (22 September 2020)(PDF)

  • Read & Watch - Emergency Departments in crisis because of lack of resourcing (14 & 15 September 2020) - The Advertiser, 9 News, ABC Online

  • Listen - SASMOA's Bernadette Mulholland outlines equipment needs at the WCH on ABC Radio Adelaide's Morning Program (Thursday 10 September 2020)

  • Listen - Doctors respond to the SA Health Chief Executives comments about the Women's and Children's Hospital (ABC Radio, 8 September 2020) 

  • Listen - Dr Michael Yung on ABC Radio and FIVEaa about the lack of Paediatric Cardiology services at the Women's and Children's Hospital (24 and 27 August 2020) 

  • Listen - Dr Steve Keeley and Dr David Pope on ABC Radio Adelaide Mornings about the Women's & Children's Hospital (17 August 2020)

  • Watch: Launch of new Women's and Children's Hospital Community Alliance (9 August 2020) - ABC TV News7 News and 9 News

  • Watch: Doctors speak out on Women's and Children's Hospital resourcing (4 August 2020) - ABC TV News7 News and 9 News

  • Watch: Queen Elizabeth Hospital emergency redevelopment behind schedule - 9 News (20 July 2020)

  • Focus on doctors' mental health - June 2020

  • COVID-19 Review - Parliamentary Inquiry transcript (28 May 2020)

  • Watch: Health Minister rules out Modbury privatisation - 9 News (27 May 2020)

  • Doctors warn about resourcing crisis at Women's and Children's Hospital (20 February 2020)

  • Health Workers tired, bullied - The Advertiser (19 February 2020)

  • Parliamentary Inquiry into Fatigue & Bullying in South Australian Health (Final Report - February 2020) 

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