Landmark reforms expand scope of practice for ACT nurse practitioners
Proposed new legislation will strengthen the role of nurse practitioners in the Australian Capital Territory enabling them to certify cause of death certificates. New legislation has been introduced to give nurse practitioners (NPs), endorsed by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA), the legal practice authority to issue cause of death certificates and witness non-written health directions. The Nurse […]
Midwifery in Motion: Professional Indemnity Insurance for Intrapartum Care
From July 1, 2025, the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing introduced a professional indemnity insurance (PII) product for midwives providing intrapartum care. This insurance is available under the Midwife Professional Indemnity Scheme or MPIS and results in a PII product becoming available for all aspects of private midwifery care. Alongside this change to the […]
My Aged Care failing older Australians: Inspector-General report
A significant number of older Australians struggle to navigate My Aged Care, leaving them unable to access the support they need, when they need it. My Aged Care is poorly understood, insufficiently promoted, onerously complex to navigate and not appropriately tailored to the needs of the whole of the target population, a scathing report by […]