AMPS is a group of doctors wanting an alternative voice to the AMA. We have joined the strength of the Red Union and are committed to defending Doctors' rights.

Australia
Ready to go, but nowhere to go. More than 3,600 older Australians are stuck in hospital beds waiting for an aged care bed. What's the longest you've seen a patient wait? Article from The Australian: Aged-care shortfall is causing hospital bed ‘exit block’: AMA
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A viral post claims vaccine makers told courts "we never said it was safe and effective" — and it was government, media and "experts" who did. The same experts say mandating wasn't their call. Who's accountable for the deaths and injuries? hubs.la/Q04y0qR_0
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Repurposed antiparasitics in oncology are worth studying properly. A new observational cohort in Anticancer Research reported outcomes in 197 cancer patients on ivermectin and mebendazole, showing clinical benefit in 84.4%. hubs.la/Q04xQyFq0
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"No Jab, No Play" policies compel medical intervention as a condition of accessing childcare and education. AMPS stands with the senators introducing this bill. Senate votes today.
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Australia has not held a Royal Commission into its COVID-19 response. AMPS supports one. A public event making the case for a Royal Commission was held last week. The full write-up and recording are here: hubs.la/Q04xvRkF0
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A nurse punched in the face. A worker assaulted with an IV pole. Staff and patients barricaded in rooms for more than half an hour. Security on site four hours a day. The ED runs 24. How many hours is security on your roster? hubs.la/Q04xcyKH0
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AHPRA has no threshold below which it will refuse a complaint, and no hard limit on how long an investigation can run. Dr Michael Gannon, writing in The Australian, on what the notification system is doing to doctors. hubs.la/Q04xcyBW0
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Patients say AHPRA is failing them. Practitioners have been saying it for years. 85% of notifications close with no further action. A quarter of investigations run past two years. Same process, both sides of it. hubs.la/Q04xcxq30
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Complaints about AHPRA hit a record 980 in 2024-25, up 42%. More than half were about how AHPRA handles notifications. The harm is in the process. If you get a notification, contact AMPS first. hubs.la/Q04w_Drs0
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SOLD OUT, but you can still watch free. Prominent Australians, now joined by international commentators, calling for a Royal Commission into COVID. Thu 10 Sept, 6pm Sydney. Free livestream from 5:58pm: hubs.la/Q04w_D0v0
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AMPS Treasurer Dr Jeyanthi Kunadhasan has published on sudden unexpected deaths in the Pfizer trial. Sudden death was never on the list of events flagged for monitoring. A signal nobody looks for is a signal nobody finds. hubs.la/Q04wGNgN0
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Tonight. From 6pm. Doors 5.30. The Juniors, Kingsford — Australians Call for a Royal Commission into COVID. Not in Sydney? Livestream link here and at clubgrubbery.com.au before 6.
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"It's over, why keep going?" Because pandemic preparedness frameworks are being written now — on whatever conclusions we let stand. You don't improve an outcome you refuse to audit. 10 Sept, Kingsford. $20.
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You can dismiss one doctor asking questions. A room full of them is harder. 10 Sept, The Juniors Kingsford. Clancy. Teo. Dalgleish. McCann. Altman. Syme. $20.
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Medicine has a word for what happens when the first answer doesn't sit right. A second opinion. Australia never got one. Thu 10 Sept, The Juniors Kingsford. AMPS is sponsoring it. $20.
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Care is moving into the home — palliative, post-surgical, hospital-in-the-home. High-acuity work, often solo. Sector growth is not the same as good care. It needs travel time funded, real escalation pathways, and lone-worker safety taken seriously.
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New AIHW data: assault is now the second leading cause of injury hospitalisation among Australian healthcare workers — up from fourth a decade ago. For the general population it ranks seventh. And these are only the assaults serious enough to require admission.
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BREAKING NEWS: The Coalition have announced they oppose Labor's Bill to shut down the Red Union. Watch below the remarks at a press conference today from Shadow Minister Jade Benham and Red Union Spokesman Edward Schuller. Join our fight here: hubs.la/Q04vkFGj0
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In Jan 2021 officials privately noted trials had excluded first-trimester participants over fever and miscarriage risk. Pregnant women weren't told. The later evidence was reassuring — but informed consent isn't retrospective. It's the right to be told at the time.
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Australia's 2024 COVID inquiry couldn't examine state decisions and couldn't compel a witness. Mandates, lockdowns, visitor bans, practitioner discipline — all state-level, all out of scope. A Senate committee called the need for a Royal Commission "overwhelming". We agree.
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