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15.02.2024

The Australian Traditional-Medicine Society (ATMS) Board is pleased to announce the appointment of Annie Gibbins M.Ed. Grad.Dip.Ed. B.Hlth.Sc MAICD as the new CEO, commencing Tuesday 13 February 2024…Read More

19.05.2023

Australia’s celebration of the full spectrum of complementary therapies, Natural Medicine Week, is back! Hosting a huge variety of nation-wide events, the week-long event aims to promote, educate and raise awareness of the important role natural medicine practitioners play in the health and wellbeing of Australians…..Read More

20.01.2023

On Friday 20 January 2023, the ATMS Board convened for their first meeting of the year. It is always a busy day when the Board meet, as they look at the results from the previous quarter and plan for the months ahead. An important part of this meeting was the vote for positions of Board members….Read More

21.11.2022

ATMS extends a huge congratulations to all the winners and finalists in our annual Natural Medicine Awards for 2022!

 

On Friday night, the 2022 Practitioner of the Year, Clinic of the Year and Student of the Year winners, were announced at the ATMS Gala Dinner. All winners demonstrated excellence in their contributions to their professions, industry, and overall commitment to the advancement of the health of the Australian communityRead More

14.10.2022

ATMS extends a huge congratulations to all the finalists in our annual Natural Medicine Awards!

 

Twelve finalists have been selected for Practitioner of the Year, Clinic of the Year and Student of the Year. All nominees demonstrated excellence in their contributions to their professions, industry, and overall commitment to the advancement of the health of the Australian community….Read More

15.9.2022

The Australian Traditional-Medicine Association (ATMS) welcomes the focus on Australian natural medicine, from the screening of Insight on SBS, on Tuesday, 13 September 2022.
Through an engaging discussion, there were calls from members of the audience for the establishment of an evidence base for natural medicines in Australia, particularly for Naturopathy….
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17.5.2022

Australia’s only celebration of the full spectrum of complementary therapies, Natural Medicine Week, is back! Hosting a huge variety of nation-wide events, the week-long event aims to promote, educate and raise awareness of the important role natural medicine plays in the health and wellbeing of AustraliansRead More

29.07.2021

The Australian Traditional-Medicine Society (ATMS), in collaboration with other Chinese medicine associations, has at least since May 2018, lobbied Ministers, Members of Parliament, and Public Servants in the Department of Health to gain their support for our Chinese medicine practitioners. We have now had some success… Read More

07.07.2021

Tuesday 22 June 2021, was the launch of the Parliamentary Friends of Complementary and Traditional Therapies group, co-sponsored by Senator Sterling Griff and Rebekah Sharkie MP…..Read More

18.11.2020

On Saturday evening (14 November), ATMS hosted the Natural Medicine Awards Gala Dinner in Sydney, which celebrated the 12 finalists for Practitioner of the Year, Clinic of the Year and Student of the YearRead More

04.11.2020

The Department of Health invited stakeholders to submit citations for published scientific research studies for consideration in the Natural Therapies Review 2019-20. … Read More 

02.05.2020

As you may be aware, the activities of the ATMS are guided by its Strategic Plan, which all members, ATMS staff and Directors had the opportunity to contribute to in 2017, and will have again shortly as we once more ask for your guidance in shaping your Society’s direction…Read More

02.05.2020

As we begin to understand how Government plan to ease on restrictions applied throughout COVID, as children return to school, some workers make their way back into offices and many of you, our members, begin to consider what a return to practice looks like, or begin extending appointment availability, we would like to take this moment to reflect….Read More

21.04.2020

In this unprecedented time, health and wellbeing is so important, and it is for this reason ATMS have launched a campaign to raise the awareness of accredited practitioners who can provide online consultations for the public.

A large number of our Ingestive practitioners of herbal medicine, homeopathy, naturopathy, nutrition and counselling have gone online and are still open for business.

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27.03.2020

A message from the CEO

In a welcome move, the four major national professional bodies have united to get the best possible advice for massage and myotherapy members in the ongoing COVID-19 crisis.

 

We have been in close consultation with Federal and State jurisdictions to keep you fully informed and to move in a staged and deliberate manner in accordance with the recommendation of elected government and public health authorities..Read More

24.03.2020

The COVID-19 virus is presenting significant challenges to practitioners and businesses and circumstances are changing quickly. Over the weekend further social distancing measures were introduced and we know a lot of practitioners are concerned as to whether they should continue to practice..Read More

18.03.2020

This is a special member update to provide the most current clinical guidance and resources for COVID-19, as published by the Australian government…Read More

5.03.2020

Are you a member of an existing professional complementary medicine Association, but you’re not sure it’s working for you? Ever wanted to see what you get as a member of a leading Association, before you commit to changing?..Read More

21.02.2020

Thursday, 20 February 2020

Natural Therapies Review 2019-2020

Department of Health

By email: naturaltherapiesreview@health.gov.au

Submission – Citations for published scientific research studies for consideration in the Natural Therapies Review 2019-2020...Read More

21.10.2019

On Saturday night (16 November), ATMS hosted the Natural Medicine Awards Gala Dinner in Sydney, where the four finalists for Practitioner of the Year, Clinic of the Year and Student of the Year, industry professionals, family and friends gathered for a special evening to celebrate their great achievements... Read More

21.10.2019

ATMS is thrilled to launch a new initiative: ‘I’m an Accredited Practitioner of ATMS’, to recognise our accredited member practitioners, who are pursuing the highest ideals of professionalism in natural medicine... Read More

07.08.2019

ATMS has lodged its initial submission to the Natural Therapies Review 2019 – 2020. Initial submissions closed 7 August 2019 and were requested to address the draft Terms of Reference for the review. Suitably qualified individuals were also asked to nominate to the Natural Therapies Review Expert Advisory Panel… Read More

2.10.2019

ATMS is thrilled to launch a new initiative: ‘I’m an Accredited Practitioner of ATMS’, to recognise our accredited member practitioners, who are pursuing the highest ideals of professionalism in natural medicine… Read More

16.05.2019

The Australian Traditional-Medicine Society (ATMS), Complementary Medicines Australia (CMAustralia), the Naturopaths & Herbalists Association of Australia (NHAA) and the Complementary Medicine Association (CMAssociation) have developed a working paper that represents the common needs of practitioners and industry…. Read More

16.05.2019

The removal of Homoeopathy from the Health Training Package, coupled with the findings of the NHMRC report, meant that since 2016, there have been no opportunities left for those wishing to study Homoeopathy in Australia… Read More

31.07.2019

The Australian Traditional-Medicine Society (ATMS) has expressed concern regarding the news that student intake for the Bachelor of Health Science in Traditional Chinese Medicine, has been suspended for 2020 by the University of Technology Sydney (UTS)…Read More

16.05.2019

The Australian Traditional-Medicine Society (ATMS) thanks the Hon. Greg Hunt MP, Minister for Health, and the Department of Health, for progressing this new review into the 16 Natural Therapies that were excluded from the Private Health Insurance rebates in April 2019..Read More

16.05.2019

On Friday 10 May, ATMS President Peter Berryman, attended the Chinese Medicine Board of Australia (CMBA) meeting with six other national Associations and the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)..Read More

11.02.2019

In Australia and globally, consumers are increasingly using complementary medicines as one of their primary health care options. In 2015, 8.1 million Australian consumers used a complementary medicine on a regular basis. This was up 22.7 %, from 6.6 million consumers in 2011. Complementary medicines have a long history of use with an increasing number of research articles being regularly published validating their traditional and scientific uses.Read More