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AHPRA moves to reduce distress for practitioners facing complaints
- November 10, 2025
- Category: News
- / Tag: All Nurses And Midwives
Landmark reforms expand scope of practice for ACT nurse practitioners
- December 5, 2025
- Category: News
- / Tag: All Nurses And Midwives, End of life care, Hospice care, Nurse Practitioners, Palliative Care, Scope of practice
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
Midwifery in Motion: Professional Indemnity Insurance for Intrapartum Care
- December 5, 2025
- Category: News
- / Tag: All Nurses And Midwives
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
My Aged Care failing older Australians: Inspector-General report
- December 5, 2025
- Category: News
- / Tag: Action, Aged Care, Aged Care Campaign, All Nurses And Midwives
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
New report links ageism to serious healthcare harms
- November 28, 2025
- Category: News
- / Tag: Aged Care, All Nurses And Midwives, Campaign, Personal care workers
Older Australians are feeling dismissed, excluded and stereotyped in healthcare settings, putting their access to life-saving care at risk, according to a new report. The Australian Human Rights Commission The age barrier: older adults’ experiences of ageism in
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