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• December 2015

  Nursing and Midwifery Board

  The NMBA undertook a comprehensive review of its current Safety and quality framework (SQF) for privately practising midwives providing homebirth, and the revised SQG sets…

  Date published 17 December 2015

  www.nursingmidwiferyboard.gov.au/News/Newsletters/December-2015.aspx

• National registration delivering more registered health practitioners

  Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency

  We are clear that our main purpose is to improve public safety and facilitate access to quality health services in partnership with National Boards’, said Mr Gorton. ... The…

  Date published 2 November 2015

  www.ahpra.gov.au/News/2015-10-02-annual-report.aspx

• AHPRA calls for more reporting to improve public safety

  Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency

  The Health Services Commissioner is responsible for managing complaints about health systems, and health services have quality and safety systems and reporting…

  Date published 21 October 2015

  www.ahpra.gov.au/News/2015-10-21-media-statement-public-safety.aspx

• Tribunal reprimands practitioner for professional misconduct

  Nursing and Midwifery Board

  The National Scheme is committed to patient safety for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.

  Date published 13 February 2015

  www.nursingmidwiferyboard.gov.au/News/2015-02-13-media-release.aspx

• AHPRA widens investigation into practitioners at Victorian health service

  Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency

  patients, or concerns about the quality of obstetric or midwifery care provided at the Djerriwarrh Health Service. ... The National Scheme is committed to patient safety for…

  Date published 16 October 2015

  www.ahpra.gov.au/News/2015-10-16-media-release.aspx

• Tribunal confirms National Board decision to refuse registration

  Nursing and Midwifery Board

  The Board requires that qualifications are the equivalent of a bachelor degree, at Level 7 on the Australian Qualifications Framework. ... The National Scheme is committed to …

  Date published 20 April 2015

  www.nursingmidwiferyboard.gov.au/News/2015-04-20-media-release.aspx

• Tribunal reprimands practitioner for unprofessional conduct

  Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency

  dispensing PSE in breach of the pharmacy’s quality standard and. dispensing PSE without satisfying himself of a genuine therapeutic need, and. ... The National Scheme is…

  Date published 10 March 2015

  www.ahpra.gov.au/News/2015-03-10-Media-release.aspx

• A conversation with new board member Ms Jennifer Wood

  Nursing and Midwifery Board

  The National Scheme is committed to patient safety for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.

  Date published 14 December 2015

  www.nursingmidwiferyboard.gov.au/News/2015-12-14-jennifer-wood.aspx

• Court outcome shows regulation at work protecting patients

  Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency

  The infection control breaches by both the unregistered individuals purporting to be dentists and the registered dentists, highlighted a concern about potential risks to…

  Date published 13 August 2015

  www.ahpra.gov.au/News/2015-08-13-media-statement.aspx

• NMBA revises Re-entry to practice policy to include provisional registration

  Nursing and Midwifery Board

  Framework for assessing re-entry (134 KB,PDF), Word version (397 KB,DOCX). ... The National Scheme is committed to patient safety for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander…

  Date published 31 July 2015

  www.nursingmidwiferyboard.gov.au/News/2015-07-31-media-statement.aspx