Association of Salaried Medical Specialists

Government’s Arrogance Over TPPA Secrecy

Press Release – Association of Salaried Medical Specialists Trade Minister Tim Groser has demonstrated breathtaking arrogance in dismissing concerns about the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) raised by health professionals and the general public, says Ian Powell, Executive Director of the Association …

Secrecy of TPPA documents heads to court

Press Release – Association of Salaried Medical Specialists A legal challenge to the secrecy of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) negotiations will be launched in the High Court next week.

TPPA document release shows pharmac will be undermined

Press Release – Association of Salaried Medical Specialists The Government has serious questions to answer about how it plans to protect the countrys drugs-buying agency, Pharmac, following the release of a significant Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) document, says Ian Powell, Executive …

Doctors support call for independent health assessment

Press Release – Association of Salaried Medical Specialists Senior doctors and dentists are formally throwing their weight behind growing calls for a formal independent health assessment of the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA). A recommendation about the TPPA was put to 134 public hospital specialists …

Senior Doctors Endorse Nurses Concerns Over Secret TPP

Press Release – Association of Salaried Medical Specialists Senior doctors endorse the concerns raised by nurses about the secret negotiations over the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement, said Mr Ian Powell, Executive Director of the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists, today. Mr Powell was commenting …

Senior Doctors Endorse Nurses Concerns Over Secret TPP

Press Release – Association of Salaried Medical Specialists Senior doctors endorse the concerns raised by nurses about the secret negotiations over the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement, said Mr Ian Powell, Executive Director of the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists, today. Mr Powell was commenting …

Letter Of Expectations To The Minister Of Health

Speech – Association of Salaried Medical Specialists Thank you for the opportunity to address you again. As always my comments are personal observations although in broad terms at least I believe they are consistent with the Association’s view on the matters discussed. In this address I would like to …