Navigating resource constraints in geriatric medicine 2026

Resource constraints in the healthcare system continue to grow and impact on clinical practice. The demographic shift in our ageing population, prevalence of dementia and other chronic diseases, increasing economic pressures and rising patient and community expectations are a constant challenge for medical specialists in geriatric medicine. The impact of these resource constraints includes an increased risk of harm to patients through contested clinical decisions, missed diagnoses, under treatment, missed or inappropriate. The impact on medical practitioners is increased medicolegal exposure due to breaches in duty of care and the risks of moral distress and burnout. It is not easy to balance competing demands of clinical practice that facilitate a public hospital’s operational capacity and premature discharge of patients into the community limited home-based aged care services.

The Australian Centre for Evidence Based Aged Care is offering an important workshop—Controversies and medicolegal aspects of multidisciplinary teams in geriatric medicine—to be held on Friday 24th July 2026 from 9:00AM to 5:00PM at Level 2/360 Collins St, Melbourne VIC 3000. Learn from the wealth of knowledgeable and experienced speakers who include Ms Louise McKinley (CEO, Safer Care Victoria), Prof Erwin Loh (President of RACMA), Prof Paul A. Komesaroff and Dr Owen Bradfield (MIPS).

The mode of learning is through didactic presentations and participant discussions to share insights. This is an important workshop for medical specialists in Geriatric and General Medicine. It is relevant to clinicians, managers, leaders, and policy-makers who work in Victoria and across Australia. Attend in person or online. Places are limited to enhance the learning experience.

Our facilitators include senior experienced legal (Mr Bill O’Shea AM and Mr Phil Grano OAM) and medical professionals.