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COVID-19 protective and testing equipment needs to go rural
Mar 26, 2020The government’s commitment to increase the number of masks and Point of Care Testing kits to General Practice, will help combat the COVID-19 pandemic, ACRRM President Dr Ewen McPhee says. -
Important message from the ACSQHC regarding General Practice Accreditation in response to COVID-19
Mar 26, 2020To assist general practices and in line with COVID-19 social distancing measures, the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (the Commission) is maintaining requirements for accreditation. -
Electronic prescribing in South Australia
Mar 25, 2020The College has been invited to provide feedback about the planned proposal to amend the relevant state legislation to enable prescriptions to be provided in an approved electronic form, consistent with the Commonwealth framework and the National Digital Health Strategy. A fact sheet is attached. Please provide any feedback to policy@acrrm.org.au by Wednesday 1 April 2020. -
JOINT RELEASE: Rural doctors welcome suspension of elective surgery to meet COVID-19 demand
Mar 25, 2020Australia’s peak rural medical organisations have welcomed an announcement by the Prime Minister that most elective surgery in public and private hospitals will be suspended, as the nation’s health sector increases its preparedness for COVID-19. All elective surgery, other than category 1 and urgent category 2 cases, will be suspended from midnight tonight. -
Financial support for remote communities welcomed by ACRRM
Mar 25, 2020The Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) welcomes today’s announcement of the Remote Community Preparedness and Retrieval Package to help protect Indigenous communities against COVID-19. -
A message from our President regarding COVID-19
Mar 25, 2020We live in extraordinary times. One could be forgiven for wishing we could skip 2020 altogether for it has been a year of firsts in most unfortunate ways with significant bushfires over Christmas, and now the threat of Pandemic SARS-COV-2. -
The RCPA strongly recommends GPs and clinicians to conserve all swabs for urgent tests
Mar 25, 2020Due to a limited supply, the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia (RCPA) is calling for all clinicians, GPs and healthcare providers to conserve the utilisation of all swabs, by limiting any unnecessary or non-urgent testing, such as for chronic leg ulcers. -
JOINT RELEASE: Resources needed to make rural COVID-19 ready
Mar 25, 2020Peak rural medical organisations are calling for an urgent allocation of resources to ensure their communities are COVID-19 ready. The Rural Doctors Association of Australia (RDAA) and the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) have said that the window of opportunity to supply rural, regional and remote Australia was rapidly closing. -
Information from RANZCR - Referral of Patients with Confirmed or Suspected COVID – 19 Infection for Medical Imaging Procedures
Mar 24, 2020The College has been asked to pass on the following message from RANZCR: RANZCR fully recognises the key role of frontline general practitioners in management of this pandemic. We are seeing a rapid increase in the number of confirmed and suspected COVID–19 patients in recent days and would like to request your help in order to protect them, our other patients and practice staff to ensure continuity of our ability to provide healthcare services to our community. -
Telehealth extension supports all doctors to deliver health care to rural and remote communities
Mar 23, 2020The Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) supports the extension of telehealth item numbers to ensure all doctors are equipped to protect their communities during the COVID-19 pandemic. -
JOINT RELEASE: Boost to COVID-19 telehealth welcome, but there’s scope to do more
Mar 18, 2020RDAA and ACRRM welcome the Government’s expansion of bulk-billed telehealth consultations by additional health professionals, in response to the COVID-19 emergency -
ACRRM courses and workshops update in response to COVID-19 pandemic
Mar 17, 2020The College has a responsibility to our members, staff and stakeholders to do our part to remove or reduce any personal risks to them. Therefore, we have decided to take the following unprecedented steps in relation to how we will conduct ACRRM business in the short term. -
Assessment update in response to COVID-19 pandemic
Mar 17, 2020The College has a responsibility to our members, staff and stakeholders to do our part to remove or reduce any personal risks to them. Therefore, we have decided to take the following steps in relation to how we will conduct ACRRM business in 2020. -
New telehealth MBS numbers will immediately benefit rural and remote communities
Mar 13, 2020New COVID-19 telehealth items announced today will immediately support rural and remote doctors to provide quality care throughout the pandemic, according to the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM). -
ACRRM welcomes health package to support COVID-19
Mar 12, 2020With the World Health Organisation (WHO) declaration of the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic, the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) says the government’s $2.4 billion health package becomes even more timely. -
NSW members - opportunity to participate in work-related mental health guideline trials
Mar 11, 2020The Implementing work-related Mental health guidelines in general PRacticE (IMPRovE) trial is looking to appoint two NSW Opinion leaders to work as part of a panel of Key Opinion Leader team, who supported by the project team, will deliver the Academic... -
ACRRM supports clear communication on COVID-19
Mar 9, 2020The Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) says regular, clear and consistent messaging for health professionals and the general public is vital to managing the outbreak of COVID-19. -
Rheumatic Heart Disease Guideline Released
Mar 5, 2020Rheumatic Health Disease Australia (RHDA) has released the 2020 Australian guideline for prevention, diagnosis and management of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease (3rd edition), available for download here. -
Revised Guidelines for Mandatory Notification effective 1 March
Mar 5, 2020The Australian Medical Boards and the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra) revised mandatory notification guidelines about registered health practitioners and students took effect as part of the National Law from 1 March 2020. -
NSW Members - College Representative on NSW Cervical Screening Program Advisory Committee
Mar 5, 2020The NSW Cervical Screening Program Advisory Committee is convened by the Cancer Institute NSW and provides advice to the NSW Cervical Screening Program in support of state-wide program delivery.