AMPS - Australian Medical Professionals' Society

12/02/2026

During Senate Economics Legislation Committee hearings, Senator Matthew Canavan raised the joint AMPS–NPAA complaint with the ACCC, questioning the regulator about its handling of concerns regarding potentially misleading health-related fundraising claims.

The complaint relates to representations made to the public about medical interventions for children, where the evidence base, risks, and regulatory safeguards remain contested.

When vulnerable children are involved, professional claims must be accurate, evidence-based, and subject to proper scrutiny.

This is a matter of consumer law, patient safety, and regulatory responsibility, not ideology.

05/02/2026

"The United States’ retreat from evidence-based vaccination policy is accelerating vaccine hesitancy at home and abroad."

Prof Ian Brighthope's latest substack, read below!

Here he mistakes RFK Jr. with President JFK.

08/01/2026

Fertility in Crisis: Expert Voices from the Front Lines.

This international panel brings together frontline experts in reproductive medicine, from obstetrics and IVF biology to midwifery, paediatrics, and psychology. Each are raising the alarm on concerning trends emerging since the COVID era.

Together, they examine clinical signals of harm, data blind spots, and systemic pressures that are placing mothers, babies, and future generations at risk.

Watch now to hear what these professionals are witnessing and why urgent action is needed -

View the full expert panel 👉: Fertility Roundtable

08/01/2026

🛑 Patient safety must be led by evidence, not age.

The Medical Board of Australia has scrapped its proposal for mandatory health checks for doctors over 70 after concluding there is no evidence such checks would reduce patient harm or complaints. This matters.

Doctors over 70 are not being flagged primarily for health issues. Regulatory actions most often relate to communication, clinical systems, and medication processes — problems that affect clinicians of all ages

Blanket, age-based rules are a blunt instrument.
They risk discrimination, deepen workforce shortages, and miss the real safety levers.

AMPS stands firm following member feedback:
• Patient safety must be competency-based, not age-based
• Policy must follow evidence, not fear
• Experienced doctors are a strength — not a liability
• Support and guardrails beat punitive box-ticking

We need smart regulation. We need fair systems. We need to keep skilled clinicians in practice - especially during a workforce crisis.

Read the full article via The Australian.

Australia’s medical regulator has scrapped a plan to require doctors aged over 70 to undergo health checks after concluding that no existing research demonstrates that such mandatory exam­inations would definitively reduce patient complaints or other notifications.

08/01/2026

🗣️Doctors and Nurses — we see the system failing our children and our profession.

Today’s The Australian highlights a landmark Family Court ruling that pushes back against untested gender-affirming interventions for minors and questions the medical evidence driving current practice.

This isn't an abstract debate. It’s about real kids, real harms, and real clinical standards. Frontline health professionals have been sounding the alarm for years — and now the judiciary has echoed those concerns.

📌 Read our open letters to health leaders — calling for evidence-based care standards across all services:

10/12/2025

A peer-reviewed article led by Dr Jeyanthi Kunadhasan has identified two deaths in the vaccinated arm of the Pfizer COVID-19 trial that were not disclosed to regulators during the 2020 EUA review.

Using Pfizer’s own internal documents, the review shows substantial delays in recording these deaths—delays that meant regulators did not receive complete information at a critical decision point.

This work raises serious questions about data integrity and oversight in one of the most consequential regulatory assessments in recent history.

AMPS commends Dr Kunadhasan’s leadership and commitment to scientific transparency. The full study is now published in the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons: https://hubs.la/Q03XzM9L0

27/11/2025

💥 We’ve taken a stand today. Because children’s safety isn’t negotiable.

We’ve sent an open letter to Minister Mark Butler calling for the immediate suspension of the NHMRC’s guideline process on “gender care” for minors and for a full, transparent inquiry instead.

The evidence is clear. Other nations have already pulled back. The UK. Sweden. Finland. The US. New Zealand. All have recognised the risks and stepped away from the “affirmation-first” model. Australia cannot afford to look the other way.

We’re speaking up because kids deserve ethical evidence based clinical care not ideology, not shortcuts, not a system that rushes vulnerable young people into life-altering medical pathways with weak evidence and no long-term safety data.

Nurses know what harm looks like. Doctors know what safe practice requires.
And right now? The system is failing both.

27/11/2025

Covid Through Our Eyes Book Launch recording now available!

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the powerful launch of Covid Through Our Eyes.

📖 If you missed the event, or want to revisit the insights, you can now watch the full recording here:
🔗 https://hubs.la/Q03W4GSV0

Please share widely. The more Australians who hear these stories, the harder they are to ignore.

Join us for the launch of Covid Through Our Eyes: An Australian Story of Mistakes, Mistreatment and Misinformation.

25/11/2025

The World Medical Association has just pushed back hard on mandatory age-based health checks.

But here’s the real question for all of us on the frontline and the public:

If regulators want age checks for doctors, where does it end — and who gets targeted next?

What do you think: Should age ever be used as a trigger for mandatory testing, or is it just another distraction from fixing the real safety issues in the system?

The World Medical Association has opposed mandating any age-enforced retirement or health checks, a position at odds with a controversial AHPRA proposal.

14/11/2025

LAST CHANCE: Get your tickets for Monday!

The long-awaited book launch for Covid Through Our Eyes is here!

Find out all the information you need here: https://hubs.la/Q03T8Cqc0

12/11/2025

Courageous young legal professional defends Australians' essential Human Rights and needs your help now.

Check out this special edition : "Australian Law Case Government Covid Vaccine Mandates Reaches Critical Stage"

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11/11/2025

For too long, AHPRA’s complaints system has added unnecessary distress to health professionals facing a notification. Now, those who’ve lived through it are helping to reshape it.

Share your experience: hotline@redunion.com.au

It’s encouraging to see reforms emerging from lived experience, recognising that safe practice starts with practitioner wellbeing. But true change requires more than reports. It requires accountability, transparency, and a culture shift that puts care before compliance.

AMPS will continue to advocate for a regulatory system that protects both practitioners and patients — one that is fair, timely, and grounded in compassion.

Health professionals who’ve lived through the system are helping transform how AHPRA handles notifications, putting wellbeing at the centre of regulation.