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Medical students Lucinda Colbert and Lisa Altmann take out prestigious ACRRM 2022 President’s Prize
Aug 18, 2022ACRRM is pleased to announce the winners of the 2022 ACRRM President’s Prize, Lucinda Colbert and Lisa Altmann. Lucinda and Lisa are fourth-year medical students with a passion for rural generalism and improving the healthcare needs for rural and remote communities. -
GPTT and ACRRM transition registrars early to the ACRRM Fellowship Program
Aug 9, 2022In a move to support Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) registrars, supervisors and training posts in Tasmania, the College and General Practice Training Tasmania (GPTT) have agreed to an early transition to the ACRRM Fellowship program. The date for transition of GPTT training delivery to ACRRM has been brought forward from February 2023 to 30 September 2022. -
JOINT RELEASE: First transition to college-led training a success
Aug 8, 2022Today marks the first successful transition of the Australian General Practice Training (AGPT) program to the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) with AGPT registrars in NSW and ACT transferring from Regional Training Organisation (RTO) GP Synergy to the College. -
ACRRM and Rocketship formalise partnership with signing of MOU
Aug 4, 2022The Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) and international health non-profit organisation Rocketship have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), formalising a partnership that will see the organisations work together to improve health in Pacific Island countries. -
ACRRM calls for further DPA reforms to protect rural and remote communities
Jul 21, 2022Minister for Health and Aged Care Mark Butler’s announcement today to update the Distribution Priority Areas (DPA) classification system to automatically include all MM2 and even some MM1 areas is met with disappointment and concern by the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM). -
ACRRM welcomes new board director Brynnie Goodwill
Jul 21, 2022ACRRM is pleased to welcome Brynnie Goodwill as a director on the ACRRM board. -
Six-year national accreditation a huge vote of confidence in ACRRM Fellowship programs
Jun 29, 2022The Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) has received full national Australian Medical Council (AMC) accreditation for the College’s Fellowship programs for the next six years. -
ACRRM commits to ‘be brave make change’ in National Reconciliation Week and beyond
Jun 2, 2022ACRRM recognises National Reconciliation Week and continues its commitment to working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to advance their health status. -
ACRRM ready to assist implementation of Albanese government health reform initiatives
Jun 1, 2022With just days until the federal election, the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) challenges the incoming government to make rural healthcare a top priority. -
JOINT RELEASE: GPs say patients must come first, demand respect from government
May 20, 2022Queensland general practitioners universally refute any attempts to shift the blame for emergency department overcrowding and ambulance ramping on to primary care. -
In the final election campaign stage, ACRRM says rural health must be a top priority
May 19, 2022With just days until the federal election, the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) challenges the incoming government to make rural healthcare a top priority. -
ACRRM says Labor’s election commitment to fund GP reform is positive for the profession, but needs rural and remote specific actions
May 14, 2022ACRRM welcomes today’s Labor Party announcement to commit $970 million towards general practice reform if it secures government. -
Collaboration is crucial to improving rural health outcomes
May 11, 2022The Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) is calling for consistent and coordinated oversight of rural healthcare issues across all levels of government. -
Labor comes to the party with rural healthcare commitments
May 5, 2022The Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) welcomes the Labor party’s pledge to match the Coalition’s commitment of $146 million for programs to attract and retain more doctors in rural and remote Australia. -
ACRRM acknowledges the coalition’s rural and remote healthcare election commitment
May 3, 2022ACRRM welcomes the coalition’s election commitment of an additional $146 million in funding to boost the number of doctors in rural, remote and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. -
JOINT LETTER from Queensland-based consumer, community and clinician groups: Putting the care back into healthcare
May 3, 2022This is a joint open statement to all Federal election political parties and candidates from Queensland-based consumer, community and clinician groups. The issues raised are held by healthcare stakeholders in all jurisdictions across Australia. -
ACRRM calls for urgent investment in rural general practice
Apr 28, 2022The Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine is urging political parties and candidates to outline how their federal election strategy will restore the value proposition of rural general practice. -
ACRRM calls for urgent action to build strong and sustainable healthcare solutions
Apr 21, 2022The Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) urges all political parties and candidates to release their policy platforms explaining how they will build strong, resilient, and sustainable rural and remote health services. -
ACRRM calls for clear election priorities which deliver high quality rural and remote healthcare solutions
Apr 11, 2022With the announcement of the Federal Election, the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) calls on all parties and candidates to commit to policies to ensure rural and remote communities have equitable access to the high-quality, locally based healthcare services they need and deserve. -
Federal Budget touches the edges of rural healthcare reform
Mar 30, 2022The Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) acknowledges the Government’s commitment to improve healthcare in rural and remote communities in the 2022 Federal Budget but continues to call for primary healthcare funding reform to support general practice and primary care.