Emergency departments are clogged with seriously ill patients and paramedics are responding to record numbers of life-threatening cases as doctors warn the after-effects of people delaying medical care in NSW due to COVID-19 restrictions are pushing the system to crisis point.

The Australasian College for Emergency Medicine is urging federal and state governments to relieve the pressure on emergency departments around the country.

Emergency departments around the country are on the brink of collapse, with patients waiting hours to be seen and ambulances banking up in numbers previously unheard of.

The Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM; the College) acknowledges the release of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety’s final report and supports its intent of developing a new rights-based aged care system.

Dr Skinner explains the Emergency Department’s role, the changes and trends defining urgent care in Australia and what is like to work the Emergency Department (ED).

After a difficult year, residents are being urged to look after themselves mentally this holiday season and take time to recharge their batteries.

Dr Skinner is Senior Staff Specialist and Director of Emergency Medicine at Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital in New South Wales. She is President-Elect of ACEM.

Conversation with Clare Skinner re ED Musos Oct 30th

A group of more than 700 Australian doctors has written to Prime Minister Scott Morrison to accuse Energy and Emissions Reductions Minister Angus Taylor of failing in his duties by not acting to protect Australians from the impacts of climate change.

The Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM; the College) has confirmed Dr Clare Skinner as its new President-Elect during the College's Annual General Meeting (AGM) on 21 October.

FACEM Dr Clare Skinner has been elected as the College’s next President-Elect, following the conduct of an election in which more than 1200 Fellows cast a vote.

ED Muso Vienna Richards on finding joy and connection through music.

With a long weekend fast approaching one false move almost cost more than a holiday.

Experts in the health sector have urged the Federal Government to abandon plans to increase charges for university students undertaking humanities courses, arguing that these studies make a vital contribution to health.

With challenging months ahead, a number of campaigns are asking the public to show their support for those working hard to contain the spread of the virus - from buying a healthcare worker a coffee to offering up your babysitting services.

Larger facilities best equipped to provide health care to aged care residents, Sydney emergency medicine director tells Commission – and there is scope for specialist aged care medical workforce

For members of the Executive, AWE offers an opportunity to work with likeminded people to remove barriers, bias and glass ceilings that exist for women working in emergency medicine.

Empathy, diligence and communication — these are traits that women possess and why Hornsby Hospital emergency department director Clare Skinner wants to see.

When they’re not darting around Hornsby Hospital’s emergency department saving lives, doctors Clare Skinner and Paulina Richard are soothing souls with the NSW Doctors’ Orchestra.

One of the best things you can do for your own wellbeing is to choose to adopt and project a positive attitude.