South Australian Salaried Medical Officers Association

19/10/2026

It was fantastic to attend the Norwood Concert Hall on the weekend to watch the Australian Doctors Orchestra perform "Symphony For Sight". Great also to pick out our SA public sector doctors in the performing ensemble - very impressive.

17/10/2026

Permanent employees in NSW Health who do not provide frontline patient care are being invited to apply for voluntary redundancy under a statewide workforce ‘realignment program’, with expressions of interest open until 12 November.

Redundancy in health services is not just short-sighted; it is an extraordinary failure of judgement. At a time when hospitals are struggling with overcrowding, workforce shortages, mounting waiting lists and increasing pressure on frontline staff, choosing to remove experienced employees is both economically irrational and operationally reckless.

Permanent employees who do not provide frontline patient care are being invited to apply for voluntary redundancy under a statewide workforce ‘realignment program’, with expressions of interest open until 12 November.

08/10/2026

“Junior doctors are not fodder for the health system. They are the future medical workforce. Training should develop competent, confident and safe doctors—not rely on exhaustion, excessive workloads and free labour. If a health system can only function by overloading doctors who are still learning, that is not a training model—it is a workforce failure

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02/10/2026

Hospitals in pain!

Patients waited more than 13 hours to be treated at the biggest emergency department in Adelaide's northern suburbs, which has been operating at "crisis" levels for months, according to SA's doctors' union.

01/10/2026

SASMOA has written to SA Health on the future use of AI by the employer and application to front line public health workers.

SASMOA is seeking commitments from SA Health that AI will be:

- operated ethically and with appropriate human oversight and accountability
- will not be used as a tool for surveillance on employees
- will prohibit the use of AI enabled glasses and other wearable technology with exemptions for employees who require such technology for physical necessity
- will prohibit AI in decision-making that gives rise to discrimination such as employment opportunities
- mandate that all staff are advised where AI is utilised in decision- making and employment conditions
- mandate active consultation and engagement in the introduction of AI in a work area
- mandate AI will not be used where AI risks patient confidentiality, privacy and/or clinical safety
- AI will not be used as the decion-maker for recruitment, disciplinary action and termination
- in the use of AI, SA Health must consider the environmental impacts that the introduction of AI will have on the health safe and wellbeing of employeess, patients and the community.

29/09/2026

Sorry we have been off grid for a while whilst we had a review of our social platforms, but ready to go again.

Victorian doctors are set to walk off the job in Victoria.

Thousands of doctors could strike on Thursday to protest what they describe as deteriorating conditions leading to burnout.

03/09/2026

Attending the New Zealand Doctor Union Conference reminds us how positive a health system could be if governments and the health bureaucracy worked with the frontline health workers for answers - not just a few.

31/08/2026

From every corner of Australia to every patient in need. The best doctors understand their patients because they’ve walked in their shoes. Keeping diverse voices in medicine will save lives. Keep medicine accessible to all. Mark Butler MP Anthony Albanese Blair Boyer — Labor MP for Wright Peter Malinauskas Adelaide Medical Students' Society (AMSS) Aus Med Students' Association FMSS

28/08/2026

Come and support the Australian Doctor's Orchestra

Sunday 18 October at 2pm Norwood Concert Hall, 175 The Parade Norwood.

The Australian Doctors Orchestra is a non-profit organisation playing for the benefit of various charities and its members.

24/08/2026

From every corner of Australia to every patient in need.
The best doctors understand their patients because they’ve walked in their shoes. Keeping diverse voices in medicine will save lives.
Keep medicine accessible. Mark Butler MP Anthony Albanese Blair Boyer — Labor MP for Wright Peter Malinauskas Adelaide Medical Students' Society (AMSS) Aus Med Students' Association FMSS