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Peak bodies unite to deliver reform action plan – APNA chief Ken Griffin tells us why

Nursing Review

ACTION 3 : Work with State and Territory Governments to pass laws to support qualified Registered Nurses in every State and Territory to prescribe approved medications under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme. There is precedent that collaboration like this creates real and lasting change.

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What to expect from tonight’s federal budget: Health and cost of living relief

Nursing Review

As per recent announcements, it is expected that we will see money committed to the reduction of most Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) medicines. The budget is about strengthening Medicare and the election is Australias opportunity to protect it, Treasurer Jim Chalmers said on his way into parliament Tuesday. Read more: $8.5B

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What are physician assistants? Can they fix the doctor shortage?

Nursing Review

Physician assistants commonly complete postgraduate-level university education and a hands-on training program. This relies on appropriate education and training, funding and payment policies, governance and regulation. And Australia no longer provides education programs for physician assistants. What could we do better?

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Collaborative Arrangement laws scrapped so more nurses can work to full scope

Nursing Review

The laws have historically prevented nurses from providing Medicare subsidised services and prescribing certain medications available on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) without a supervising medical practitioner. Nurse practitioners and endorsed midwives will continue to work the same way clinically.

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Health wins big in Victorian state budget

Nursing Review

Associate Professor Steven Walker, director of Experiential Development and Graduate Education at Monash Universitys Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, supported the extra funding for the program. Education is central to expanding the conditions pharmacists can treat. A further $34.5m

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Healthcare Policy: What Is It and Why Is It Important?

University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

Subcategories of health policy include public health, global health, healthcare services, health insurance, mental health and pharmaceuticals. Healthcare Coverage In 2023, 92 percent of Americans had some form of healthcare coveragewhether employer-provided coverage, Medicare or Medicaid or private health insurance.

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Public vs private. Which is safer for childbirth?

Nursing Review

It used publicly available data collected on each birth in three states in Australia, as well as Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme ( PBS ) and Medicare Benefits Schedule ( MBS ) data linked to these cases to help examine cost.