Our mission is to improve the health and wellbeing of doctors and medical students for the good of the community across Australia.
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The Doctors’ Health Alliance, launched in June 2023, is building upon the ADHN's mission to strengthen the voice for doctors' health and bring together doctors, medical students, and other stakeholders who share an interest in the health and wellbeing of the medical profession.
This website is a work in progress for our first year and you will find contact details for doctors' health services which operate confidential 24/7 around Australia. This site promotes events and resources for promoting doctors' and medical students’ health, for helping your colleagues and for your own self-care.
You can now see all the great sessions from the Australasian Doctors Health Conference, held in Adelaide in 2022 - view sessions here.
What do your local doctors' health services do? In December 2022 the services collaborated to share with you simulated calls that the 24/7 phone services have taken over the years (find your local doctors’ health services number above)
These services have taken over 900 calls a year from doctors and medical students in rural, remote and metro areas - this video is a powerful description of what your local doctors' health services do:
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Doctors' Health NSW is investigating how to improve support for doctors who have experienced the sudden loss of a medical colleague.
Continue readingArticle published by MDA National, written by Professor Helen Wilcox, Medical Director, Doctors Health Advisory Service Western Australia
Continue readingThe Doctors’ Health Alliance mission is to improve the health and wellbeing of medical practitioners and medical students for the good of the community across Australia.
Continue readingArticle published in the Medical Journal of Australia in October 2022, detailing that coordinated systemic change and enhanced access to care are needed to improve doctors’ wellbeing.
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