The AMA (WA) President and other AMA (WA) spokespeople comment on a variety of medico-political, public health, research and medical workforce issues in all formats of media including print, broadcast and online.
As a representative body, the AMA (WA) constantly endeavours to keep members informed of the latest news through a range of timely and professional platforms including social media channels, the bi-monthly Medicus magazine and the Med e-Link fortnightly digital newsletter.
Leadership matters, so it’s exciting to announce a change in ours. I would like to congratulate Jade Furness on her appointment as Chief Executive Officer of the AMA (WA).
Ms Jade Furness has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Medical Association (WA) Inc, commencing 29 September 2026, following an extensive recruitment process led by the Board, with the assistance of Derwent Search.
Western Australian politics’ worst-kept secret came to pass in the last week, with previous Minister for Health Amber-Jade Sanderson moving out of her old portfolio. The name of her replacement was not predicted by the pundits, but neither was the structure under which the broader Health portfolio would be ministerially governed. The Premier Roger Cook announced Meredith Hammat as the new Minister for Health, along with John Carey as the Minister for Health Infrastructure, Sabine Winton as Minister for Preventative Health, and Simone McGurk as Minister for Aged Care and Seniors.
Did you know you can earn CPD hours by reading Medicus articles? If you are an AMA CPD Home Subscriber, you can include the time you spend reading Medicus articles that support your professional development. Medicus, in collaboration with AMA CPD Home have made this
A sleeping giant of public health seems ready to awaken, in the form of our susceptibility as a community to vaccine-preventable infectious diseases. Seasonal influenza vaccination rates have been abysmal for several years now, post-COVID.
