Agenda at the AMA conference

AUSTRALIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION NATIONAL CONFERENCE AGENDA

* Hundreds of doctors from across the nation will meet to discuss health policy this weekend.

* An indexation freeze on the Medicare rebate and public hospital funding cuts are set to be key topics.

* Any motions lodged by delegates during the conference will be considered by the AMA's policy-making federal council at its next meeting.

KEY POLICY DISCUSSIONS

- Funding of general practice

- The government's Medicare review and how to make the system more efficient

- Public hospital funding

- GP training

- Chronic disease management

- Role of private health insurers

- Domestic violence

- Climate change

- Treatment of Ebola

* Source: AMA