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Important message from the National Cervical Screening Program
Jan 17, 2019The National Cancer Screening Register has been supporting the renewed National Cervical Screening Program since the commencement of the new HPV-based Cervical Screening Test on 1 December 2017. -
ACRRM welcomes continued funding to support rural doctor training
Dec 18, 2018The Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) welcomes Minister for Regional Services Senator Bridget McKenzie’s announcement to continue funding programs providing vital support for Rural Generalist practice. -
Mid-year budget announcement benefits rural health
Dec 17, 2018The announcement of an additional $318 million to directly benefit General Practitioners and Rural Generalists to support healthy communities is welcomed by the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM). -
New Atlas highlights differences in health care
Dec 12, 2018ACRRM acknowledges the release of the Third Australian Atlas of Healthcare Variation, in which the College made recommendations to appropriately consider people living in rural and remote communities. -
ACRRM Supports Medicare Subsidies for people with eating disorders
Dec 11, 2018The Australian College of Rural and Rural Medicine (ACRRM) congratulates the Commonwealth Government on its landmark support for caring for people with eating disorders but seeks assurance that rural communities will have access to these services. -
ACRRM supports Queensland doctors call to improve mental health reporting laws
Dec 6, 2018ACRRM joins Queensland's peak doctor groups to demand decisive action from the Queensland government on mental health mandatory reporting laws. Read the joint press release here. -
ACRRM supports Urgent Medical Treatment Bill
Dec 4, 2018The Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) supports the bill introduced in Parliament on Monday calling for urgent medical treatment for children and adults living on Manus and Nauru. -
ACRRM President attends Australian-first Rural Medical Specialist Summit
Nov 22, 2018ACRRM president A/Prof Ewen McPhee attended an Australian-first summit to address the rural medical specialist shortage this week, bringing the College’s 20-plus years of experience training doctors to work and stay in rural and remote areas to the conversation. -
Rural doctor recognised for significant contribution to country practice
Nov 14, 2018After over two decades of service as a General Practice Principal in Victorian town Ararat, GP Anaesthetist/Obstetrician Dr Michael Connellan has been awarded with a Distinguished Service Award for making a significant contribution to his community and rural practice. -
Cowra doctor recognised for dedication to medicine and community
Oct 29, 2018More than 30 years of dedicated service as a GP Obstetrician to the community of Cowra in central-west NSW - as well as to teaching and training the next generation of rural doctors - has seen Dr Louise Baker receive the prestigious ACRRM-RDAA Peter Graham ‘Cohuna’ Award for 2018. -
Exceptional rural doctor recognised for outstanding service to Winton
Oct 29, 2018Dr Bryce Nicol, a dedicated rural doctor who is providing crucial medical services to the Queensland community of Winton and has worked hard to rebuild the doctor workforce in the town, has received the ACRRM-RDAA Rural Registrar of the Year Award for 2018. -
Inaugural Dr Mark Craig Bursary awarded to dedicated rural College staff member
Oct 26, 2018The Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) would like to extend its thanks to Life Fellow Dr Mark Craig for his generous donation in creating a bursary to further the professional development of College staff. -
Rural Doctors highlight rheumatic heart disease and devastating impact on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities
Oct 26, 2018The Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) has joined other stakeholders in urging all political parties to commit to take action to improve prevention and treatment of rheumatic heart disease. -
ACRRM: Rural College taking fight to the next level
Oct 25, 2018Thank you to UN Medical Director Dr Jillann Farmer for her rousing appearance at RMA18 today. Her presentation on self-discovery and confronting your own bias was well received by our 750+ delegates, with many feeling the resonance of her words. -
ACRRM joins calls for removal of children from detention on Nauru
Sep 28, 2018The Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) has joined other medical Colleges and stakeholders in calling on the Australian Government to urgently transfer refugee and asylum seeker children and their families from Nauru to Australia for appropriate medical assessment and treatment. -
Dr Ewen McPhee, GP Obstetrician, to lead the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine
Sep 19, 2018Dr Ewen McPhee, GP Obstetrician, to lead the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine. -
Meet RMA18 Ambassador Dr Tarun Patel
Sep 12, 2018For Dr Tarun Patel, Australia’s ‘Top End’ is a long way from Auckland, New Zealand, where he spent much of his childhood. Yet training as a General Practitioner in the Northern Territory has driven him to try things out of his comfort zone - including recent GP training placements in remote Australia. -
Doctors' mental health needs highlighted ahead of R U OK? Day
Sep 12, 2018On R U OK? Day 2018, the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) asks all its members to consider their mental well-being and that of their colleagues and if they see need, take some positive action. -
UN doctor among inspiring female keynotes at RMA18: Women in Health a key theme at conference
Sep 6, 2018One of the United Nations' most senior doctors has been announced as a keynote speaker at this year's Rural Medicine Australia (RMA18) conference, to be held in Darwin in October. -
Meet RMA18 Ambassador Sarah Goddard
Aug 28, 2018For Dr Sarah Goddard, Tennant Creek in the Northern Territory has always been called home, and having the opportunity to move back to work as a GP, surrounded by family and well-known faces, has been a dream come true.