In this edition of The NSW Doctor, we mark a significant changing of the guard at AMA (NSW), farewelling outgoing president Dr Kathryn Austin and long-serving CEO Fiona Davies after years of leadership, advocacy and service to the medical profession.
We unpack AMA (NSW)’s landmark Visiting Medical Officer arbitration, with Workplace Relations Director Dominique Egan explaining the case for modernising VMO terms and conditions for contemporary medical practice.
We also examine the rise in general protections claims and the growing role of AI in workplace disputes, while turning a policy lens to illegal tobacco, voluntary assisted dying processes in NSW, and the ongoing challenges facing doctors, patients and the health system.
This edition also profiles Dr Christopher Farag, former AMA (NSW) Medical Student of the Year, reflecting on the quiet moments that shape a young doctor’s sense of purpose, and takes readers inside Sydney Heartburn Clinic in our My Practice feature
