On 23 October 2024, the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia and the Burnet Institute released the Midwifery Futures Report, a document which outlines the major problems faced by the current midwifery workforce. The Report
Aboriginal women have been mothering for more than 65,000 years, yet there is still a vast underrepresentation of Aboriginal health clinicians in the perinatal sector. This has run-on effects, with Aboriginal mothers struggling to find
A higher cost of living has increased financial hardship for many Australians. Since 2020, interest rates, mortgages and inflation have risen fast, but real wages have gone down [1]. Despite low unemployment, higher living costs
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation ( ANMF) has welcomed recommendations made in the Unleashing the Potential of our Health Workforce’ Scope of Practice Review’ Final Report (‘Report’), that allows highly-trained nurses, midwives and allied
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