Media releases

The Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) welcomes the opportunity to acknowledge NAIDOC Week, a significant annual event that celebrates the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

The significant impact that climate change is already having on rural and remote communities, and particularly the health and mental health of those who live there, will be one of three key program streams at the peak Rural Medicine Australia (RMA17) conference, to be held from 19-21 October 2017 in Melbourne.

The Rural Doctors Association of Australia (RDAA) and Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) have strongly welcomed agreement by the Australian Health Ministers' Advisory Council (AHMAC) to start afresh on the development of an important Framework that will guide future maternity care policy in Australia.

The Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine today welcomes news of the passing of the National Rural Health Commissioner Bill, which progressed through the Senate yesterday.

Healing is a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity – Hippocrates

The Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) welcomes the release of the Second Australian Atlas of Healthcare Variation, which provides an important reminder of the need to focus attention on the populations with the most to gain in terms of improvements to health services and practice - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and other people who live in rural and remote Australia.

The Council of Presidents of Medical Colleges today signed a partnership agreement with the Australian Government to work with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peak bodies and service providers to reduce the current gap in health outcomes and life expectancy between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.

Exciting keynote speakers have been confirmed for the upcoming Rural Medicine Australia 2017 Conference (RMA17), which will be held in Melbourne in October.

The Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) welcomes the opportunity to acknowledge Sorry Day, a significant day for all Australians to recognise the past wrongs inflicted upon our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

World Family Doctor Day is celebrated on 19 May each year. This is the day on which the central role that family doctors play in delivering personal, comprehensive and continuing health care for their patients is acknowledged and contributions of family doctors are celebrated. It is an important date in the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) calendar.