Some of our wonderful leadership today The Royal College of Surgeons of England #LiftAsYouClimb

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Australia's public hospital system is already in severe logjam, and a new payroll tax will only make a bad situation worse by exacerbating GP shortages. The ACT government must rethink ill-judged decision. AMA ACT

Over the weekend, AOA #OWL held its first workshop in Launceston, Tasmania. A great turnout for the first Tassie workshop, 16 participants got hands-on at skills stations with equipment and tools like drills, plates, and bone saws, followed by a Q&A session.

Sexual harassment and assault in surgery Results of the survey are out The scale of the problem is astronomical:

The attitude expressed by retired anaesthetist Dr Hilton in The Times and The Sunday Times is totally unacceptable. People affected deserve compassion, justice and commitment to zero tolerance from their employers & colleagues. We must do everything we can to eradicate these attitudes & behaviours.

Back in 2018 I wrote this for the RCS. I was told by senior figures "It's not a major feature in the UK" and "It's not a problem that most people have encountered." Love to know what's changed. Medicine too? Sexual harassment and surgery | publishing.rcseng.ac.uk/doi/full/10.13…

YASSS!!! 💪💪💪 #ILookLikeASurgeon

👊👊👊 #ILookLikeASurgeon #OperateWithRespect #DiversityandInclusion I would really like to see a matching statement from senior men in UK medicine too. The problem of sexual harassment should not have to be solved by the most frequent recipients of the behaviour.

If you’re talking to medical students on how great it is to #GoRural don’t forget to mention the things money can’t buy: ✅ more space ✅ more outdoor adventures ✅ more nature ✅ neighbours look out for each other RDAA ACRRM AMSA Rural Health @NSWRDN

Delighted to teach another #OperateWithRespect course today with Lynette Reece! Slowly but surely upskilling all surgeons RACSurgeons 🤗

This is #PublicHealth in action! I love it for him and that health department!

'#GenderEquity will just take time...' Drs Bharti Arora and Vaite Graham calculate the current expected year of gender parity in the 9 surgical specialties of RACSurgeons. 2046 at the earliest (paeds) and 2209 at the latest (ortho). Must do better. 🤨 …ibrary-wiley-com.ezproxy.surgeons.org/doi/10.1111/an…

General Practice is the bedrock of our health system - investing in prevention and primary care is the most effective way to reduce over all spending on health & get the best health outcomes for Australians #racgp #hotm2023 #health smh.com.au/politics/feder…

Doctors behaving badly on notice. In today’s MJA Thank you Leanne Rowe excellent piece. insightplus.mja.com.au/2024/3/doctors…

The US medicines regulator has slapped a boxed warning on the osteoporosis medication denosumab regarding the increased risk of severe hypocalcaemia in patients with advanced chronic kidney disease. ausdoc.com.au/news/severe-hy…

Let’s just be clear Medicare is not what it WAS It was NEVER intended to cover 100% of medical costs. (In actuality 85%) It PROMISED to be indexed appropriately ➡️it NEVER was Politicians have ridden on the backs of vulnerable patients & altruistic clinicians for TOO LONG.

“Poverty intensifies the risks of violence for women, and violence makes women poorer. At this difficult and divided moment, let us work together to end poverty in all its dimensions. Let’s do it by investing in women and girls.” António Guterres at #CSW68 Opening

Orthopaedic Women's Link - OWL - AOA | Australian Orthopaedic Association aoa.org.au/for-patients/d…