We need a voluntary suicide register for the GBTQIASB+ community to accurately record rates and develop better mental health care. abc.net.au/news/2024-05-2…

“Without this data, we can't work with the community and government effectively to develop measures to keep people healthy and alive." - AMA Qld President Dr Maria Boulton AMA Queensland wants Queensland LGBTQIA+ suicide register (qnews.com.au)

It's Palliative Care Week. AMA Qld has called for a review of end-of-life care funding in the June state budget. “All Queenslanders deserve dignity and comfort as they reach the end of their lives.” - President Dr Maria Boulton. #MattersOfLifeAndDeath ama.com.au/index.php/qld/…

"It's dire." AMA Queensland President Dr Maria Boulton reflects on the health workforce shortage.

Outgoing AMA Qld Pres Dr Maria Boulton reflects on the past two years. "I didn't feel that the health system was going in the right direction. You can sit home and whinge or you can become involved and be part of the change." #changemaker #medtwitter

We have to prevent a new generation from becoming addicted to nicotine. Bubblegum flavours, cartoon characters on the packaging and easy to hide - vapes are targeted at kids, not adults who want to give up smoking.

This fortnight's Meet a Member is Dr Emma Hodge, a registrar who works in Queensland’s only dedicated medical wellbeing role. ama.com.au/qld/news/Dr-Em…

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Great to see Shannon Fentiman and Steven Miles adopt AMA Qld's call for grants for doctors to become GPs. This has worked in Victoria and will help address workforce shortages. #QldBudget #paywalled couriermail.com.au/news/queenslan…

AMA Queensland called for financial grants for GP trainees and Shannon Fentiman has listened. #QldBudget #auspol ama.com.au/qld/news/GP-Tr…

Today's budget met so many of AMA Queensland's calls for the community and all medical specialties. We welcome the investment in workforce, primary care, hospitals and the health system. ama.com.au/qld/news/Budge…

Making vapes pharmacist-only and in basic flavours will help limit their appeal to kids. Vaping reforms a huge step for Australia | Australian Medical Association (ama.com.au)

Patients waiting for elective surgery have to wait longer with hospital beds full of people with COVID and flu, AMA Queensland Vice President Dr Emilia Dauway has told Today Extra. Flu, COVID affecting elective surgery | Australian Medical Association (ama.com.au)

Dr Sahand Tahmasebi spent most of his journey into medicine in survival mode. He’s now a first-year ICU registrar and member of AMA Qld's Committee of Doctors in Training (CDT). Dr Sahand Tahmasebi – Meet a member | Australian Medical Association (ama.com.au)

AMA Qld President Dr Nick Yim had only two words when asked about healthcare workforce turnover - "They're stuffed." Actually, he had more - read them all here 👇 Healthcare workforce is exhausted - "They're stuffed." | Australian Medical Association (ama.com.au)

Doctors have been meeting to use their on-the-ground experience to try and come up with solutions to Queensland’s surgical wait list delays. Keep up to date with our Surgical Wait List Roundtable here: ama.com.au/qld/campaigns/…

The Governor has attended the Australian Medical Association Queensland Foundation Charity Gala this evening, which raises funds for organisations providing family violence support services. Her Excellency commended the AMAQueensland foundation on its work improving medical conditions

Getting the vaccine during pregnancy cuts your newborn's risk of catching whooping cough by 75%. It's free and it's vital. Dr Maria Boulton Shannon Fentiman urge everyone to protect our most vulnerable

Getting vaccinated in pregnancy reduces the chances of your baby getting whooping cough by 75%.

If you were setting up a 10-person body to regulate pharmacy ownership in Queensland, would you include 9 pharmacists? #MedTwitter New pharmacy body anticompetitive, costly | Australian Medical Association (ama.com.au)