President’s Report for 2024

President’s Report for 2024

The past year has been a busy one for the executive as we focused on two core issues. Firstly, there has been the ongoing communication with the Government objecting to the recommendations of the Surgical Assistant Working Group (subcommittee of the Medicare Review...
Presidents Update – 18th March 2023

Presidents Update – 18th March 2023

Dear Members, Further to our newsletter of Dec 22, I am writing to give you all an update and urge you to renew your membership of MSASA for 2023. Since my update at this time last year, the MSASA executive has been busy engaging with the Medicare Review Advisory...
President’s Update – 2021 Year in Review

President’s Update – 2021 Year in Review

After my optimistic report in March last year, 2021 turned out to be really tough (again), especially for those of us in Victoria and NSW. Through 2021 our medico-political work has been focussed on the following: This content is for Member members only.Join Now...
President’s Update December 2020

President’s Update December 2020

Dear Members, As 2020 draws to a close it’s time to reflect on a most extraordinary year. Although all of us have suffered significant disruption to our work and family lives, (especially in Victoria) thankfully most of us have not been personally impacted by the...
MSASA President’s Report 2018

MSASA President’s Report 2018

Dear Members, As we near the end of 2018 there is much to report after what has been a most significant period for our organisation. You will all be aware that the Medicare Review has presented a significant threat to the status quo of medical surgical assisting. Your...