Dr Danielle McMullen: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Academic
- Role
- President of the Australian Medical Association (AMA)
- Quoted on
- Hospital discharge / bed-blocking, Public health & prevention, GP access, Women's health & gynaecology, Assisted dying
- Tracked press citations
- 9
- Most recently quoted
- 18 Oct 2026
- First quoted
- 10 Aug 2026
“This report card makes clear that aged care is not separate from healthcare. It is a critical part of our health system, and when it does not work, the consequences are felt right across the country. Too many older Australians are spending days, weeks or longer in hospital after they have been medically cleared to leave, simply because the care they need is not available.”
What Dr Danielle McMullen has said
“Every day, ambulances spend hours ramped outside hospitals, elderly patients who are ready for discharge languish in beds, and people wait years in pain for planned surgery.”
AMA President · Hospital discharge / bed-blocking · 30 Sept 2026 · Split accountability continues to fragment care pathways ↗
“Making health star ratings mandatory is a win for consumers and a clear acknowledgment that voluntary approaches have failed. Clear, consistent labelling empowers people to make informed choices about what they are eating, and that matters when rates of overweight and obesity continue to climb across Australia.”
AMA federal president · Public health & prevention · 30 Sept 2026 · Health Star Ratings to become mandated, but what does it all mean? ↗
“Too many older Australians are spending days, weeks or longer in hospital after they have been medically cleared to leave, simply because the care they need is not available.”
President of the Australian Medical Association · Hospital discharge / bed-blocking · 29 Sept 2026 · 'Not dignified': AMA calls for government to fix aged care bed block ↗
“This report card makes clear that aged care is not separate from healthcare. It is a critical part of our health system, and when it does not work, the consequences are felt right across the country. Too many older Australians are spending days, weeks or longer in hospital after they have been medically cleared to leave, simply because the care they need is not available.”
AMA president · Hospital discharge / bed-blocking · 29 Sept 2026 · Huge jump in hospital patient days ↗
“Patients aren't getting a fair go when it comes to longer consultations. Those longer visits have a poorer rebate and we really need to rebalance the scales there.”
President of the Australian Medical Association (AMA) · GP access · 29 Sept 2026 · Long-awaited Medicare review says rebates should be increased ↗
“Where we should celebrate some success is the advocacy of many women's health groups and organisations like the AMA, who really pushed hard for more MBS and PBS access for some women's health initiatives. We've celebrated the inclusion of more oral contraceptives and hormone replacement therapy treatments on the PBS, and that's already made a meaningful difference to patient care.”
AMA president · Women's health & gynaecology · 29 Sept 2026 · Women’s health strategy shows little progress ↗
“Making cigarettes more affordable is not the answer to tackling the illicit tobacco trade and would undermine Australia's world leading public health efforts to reduce smoking.”
Australian Medical Association president · Public health & prevention · 10 Sept 2026 · Coalition plan to cut tobacco excise by 80% ‘will kill people,’ Labor says amid public health alarm ↗
“Telehealth should operate for VAD as a valuable complement to in-person care, and not a replacement for clinically necessary physical attendances.”
AMA president · Assisted dying · 10 Aug 2026 · Australia prevents telehealth for voluntary assisted dying consults. Why, and could that change? ↗
Where Dr Danielle McMullen has been quoted
- Huge jump in hospital patient daysaustralianageingagenda.com.au · 18 Oct 2026
- Split accountability continues to fragment care pathwaysaustralianageingagenda.com.au · 30 Sept 2026
- Health Star Ratings to become mandated, but what does it all mean?medicalrepublic.com.au · 30 Sept 2026
- 'Not dignified': AMA calls for government to fix aged care bed blockthesenior.com.au · 29 Sept 2026
- Huge jump in hospital patient daysaustralianageingagenda.com.au · 29 Sept 2026
- Long-awaited Medicare review says rebates should be increasedabc.net.au · 29 Sept 2026
- Women’s health strategy shows little progressmedicalrepublic.com.au · 29 Sept 2026
- Coalition plan to cut tobacco excise by 80% ‘will kill people,’ Labor says amid public health alarmtheguardian.com · 10 Sept 2026
- Australia prevents telehealth for voluntary assisted dying consults. Why, and could that change?theguardian.com · 10 Aug 2026
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