The Australian Medical Association congratulates the 24 members who have been recognised for their services to medicine and the community in today’s Australia Day Honours list. The recipients include Professor Geoffrey Dobb, who has held a number of leadership positions in the AMA, including being a former Vice President of the AMA, who was made a Member of the Order (AM) in recognition of his services to intensive care medicine and to professional associations.
The Australian Nursing Federation WA has organised a bus schedule to carry nurses from hospitals around the city to Parliament House for a planned rally on Friday afternoon.
Child and Adolescent Health Service chief executive Dr Aresh Anwar tried to quit 16 months ago after a report found multiple staffing, equipment and policy failures could have contributed to the death of the 7-year-old girl.
The number represents a remarkable achievement and is a credit to WA’s high vaccination rates. It should be published daily and used to quell anti-vax sentiment and fear. But it isn’t. Why?