After the double whammy of the pandemic and floods, a new Omicron variant is expected to cause a surge in COVID case numbers.

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Hospitals in Victoria have been put on a Code Brown emergency alert as cases surge. At the national level, the Government has ordered tens of thousands of nurses and other staff from private hospitals to be made available to treat patients in the public system. Dr Clare Skinner is President of Australasian College for Emergency Medicine, and she speaks to Laura Tingle on the pressures facing our health systems.

The health system is already difficult to navigate and the public messaging on COVID hasn't kept up, according to Dr Clare Skinner, president of the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine.

About quarter of unwell coronavirus patients arriving at hospital emergency departments are suspected of being infected with the Delta strain, even though the highly transmissible Omicron variant is dominating the tens of thousands of new infections being reported nationally.

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As case numbers continue to rise, healthcare workers are warning of unsustainable demand on their ability to manage staff shortages and providing 'business-as-usual' urgent care summer, as well as increasing COVID-19 presentations.

South Australia has recorded 3246 new COVID cases today, with 102 people in hospital, 12 of whom are in intensive care including one on a ventilator.

Hospital emergency departments and staff are facing extreme pressures as we contend with providing ‘business-as-usual’ urgent care over the busy summer period, as well as increasing COVID-19 presentations.

The Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM; the College) recognises that the Omicron variant of COVID-19 is causing considerable concern for acute healthcare workers across Australia, particularly in states experiencing increasing COVID-19 cases for the first time.

Covid-related hospitalisations are rising as case numbers grow; health experts are ‘concerned’ about Omicron’s impact

As a nation struggles to comprehend the devastating accident in lutruwita/Tasmania that has taken the lives of five children and critically injured others, the implications of this tragedy are far-reaching.

NSW Health has launched a new campaign reminding people that aggression towards health staff and others within health settings is not ok and won’t be tolerated.

The Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM) and the College of Emergency Nursing Australasia (CENA), the peak bodies for emergency medicine and nursing in Australia, urge people across Australia to have fun but play it safe this holiday season, and help prevent avoidable trips to busy emergency departments (EDs).

A report out on Tuesday shows the number of Australians presenting to emergency departments is rising, after a decline in the early months of the pandemic. According to new information from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, there were 8.8 million visits to Emergency Departments between July last year and June this year, the highest in more than five years. ABC NewsRadio's Thomas Oriti spoke to Dr Clare Skinner, President of the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine.

Medical Colleges from across Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand say that climate change is the biggest current threat to the future of the Australian healthcare system and are calling on the federal government to commit to stronger 2030 targets.

More than 100 emergency physicians and healthcare workers from Australia, New Zealand and UK have performed a moving online version of Crowded House’s Better Be Home Soon, and Crowded House is impressed.

The Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (The College) is pleased to announce the commencement of Dr Clare Skinner’s term as ACEM President. Dr Skinner’s two-year term begun today and follows the term of ACEM’s first president from Aotearoa New Zealand, Dr John Bonning.

Australian hospitals are already overwhelmed and falling behind, even with the "once-in-a-generation" slowdown in patient numbers that came with COVID-19, an AMA report has found.

Hospital data released by the Australian Medical Association has found that wait times blew out in almost every state during 2020.