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Read the latest news relating to the regulation of the nursing and midwifery professions in Australia. We also publish summaries of court and tribunal decisions. For decisions about practitioners in New South Wales, please refer to the Health Care Complaints Commission website.
Nurses and midwives are invited to renew their general or non-practising registration.Read More
A midwife providing private midwifery and home birthing services has been reprimanded and disqualified by a tribunal from applying for registration for 10 years after she practised outside established standards and inconsistently with evidence informed care. Read More
A tribunal has disqualified a registered nurse from re-applying for registration for five years after he continually sexually harassed a work colleague for seven months.Read More
A tribunal has disqualified a registered nurse from applying for registration for two years after she misappropriated various medications, including Schedule 3 and 4 substances from her workplace.Read More
A tribunal has suspended a nurse's registration for three months after they were convicted of conspiring with another to supply less than a commercial quantity of a dangerous drug.Read More
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A South Australian nurse who stole a prescription pad and forged prescriptions has had her registration cancelled and been disqualified from applying for registration for six months.Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia releases its latest newsletter.Read More
Communique Maintaining a balance between access and the safety of medicinal cannabis is a key priority for health regulators across Australia amid a growing number of prescriptions and the emergence of telehealth, online prescribing and direct-to-consumer health services.Read More
A tribunal has reprimanded and disqualified a registered nurse from applying for registration for 12 months after she used her position as an educator and supervisor to steal personal protective equipment (PPE) during a national shortage and global pandemic. Read More
The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra) has successfully prosecuted a Victorian woman for holding herself out as an enrolled nurse in contravention of section 116 of the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law 2009 (National Law).Read More
A tribunal has cancelled a nurse’s registration and disqualified her from applying for four years after it was found she continued to attend work and practice as a registered nurse despite testing positive for Covid-19.Read More
A nurse has been cancelled, disqualified and prohibited for 12-months for obtaining and mishandling drugs including fentanyl, incorrect records, breaching conditions of his registration and dishonesty.Read More
A tribunal has reprimanded, cancelled and disqualified a registered nurse and midwife from applying for registration for 15 months after she used her position to access family members’ medical record details without permission. Read More
A South Australian nurse has been disqualified and prohibited from providing health services for six months for failing to give medication to eight vulnerable aged-care residents, incorrectly disposing of medication and falsifying patient's clinical records.Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practice Board of Australia (ATSIHPBA) have developed a Guidance for nurses and midwives: What nurses and midwives need to know about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practitioners to recognise the collaborative role nurses and midwives have with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practitioners in practice. Read More
A Victorian nurse who misappropriated cannulation items from her employer to administer an imported Schedule 4 poison, has been reprimanded by a tribunal and had mentoring conditions imposed on her registration.Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) in collaboration with the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council (ANMAC) are consulting on the nurse practitioner regulatory framework. Read More
The second of three managers of the Older Persons Mental Health Facility in Oakden (Oakden) has had their nursing registration cancelled and has been disqualified from applying again for 12 years. Read More
A Brisbane enrolled nurse who administered a dose of morphine to an elderly family friend who later died will spend a further two years out of the profession after being found guilty of professional misconduct.Read More
A nurse who had a sexual relationship with a former mental health patient has had her registration suspended for 12 months by a tribunal.Read More
There are multiple practitioner member and community member vacancies arising on the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia.Read More
A nurse who inappropriately touched a female colleague on multiple occasions at work has been disqualified from re-applying for registration for 12 months and prohibited from providing any health service.Read More
A tribunal has prohibited a nurse from providing any health service and disqualified him from re-applying for registration for 10 years after he was convicted of drug and child sex offences.Read More
A tribunal has reprimanded and disqualified an enrolled nurse from applying for registration for 12 months after she misappropriated Schedule 8 medicines and provided false and misleading information to the regulator. Read More
A male nurse who sexually harassed four female colleagues has been reprimanded and suspended from practising by a tribunal for eight months.Read More
We are seeking applications from, registered nurses, registered midwives, enrolled nurses and community applicants to fill vacancies arising in Northern Territory.Read More
The National Board has released its quarterly registration data.Read More
A former manager of the Oakden Older Persons Mental Health Facility has been disqualified from nursing for a decade.Read More
A tribunal has suspended a nurse’s registration for nine months after she improperly issued a prescription using a medical practitioner’s name, allowed herself to be held out as a nurse practitioner on her practice website when she did not hold such an endorsement and misled regulators during the investigation. Read More
A tribunal has disqualified an enrolled nurse from applying for registration for five years and ordered a concurrent prohibition to provide certain health services after he used unnecessary force towards an elderly patient. Read More
A South Australian tribunal has found a nurse who grabbed a patient by the hair, guilty of professional misconduct and disqualified him from re-registration for two years.Read More
A Western Australian nurse/midwife convicted of child exploitation offences has been reprimanded by a tribunal, had her registration cancelled and been disqualified from applying for registration for five years.Read More
A tribunal has reprimanded a nurse for professional misconduct after she was convicted and jailed for insurance fraud.Read More
Ahpra and the National Boards are consulting on three documents related to the regulation of registered health practitioners who perform and who advertise non-surgical cosmetic procedures.Read More
Overseas trained nurses and midwives will enjoy shorter wait times under an expansion of assessment capabilities.Read More
A nurse who sent inappropriate sexualised and/or intimidating and exploitative communications to two junior nurse colleagues has been reprimanded and had conditions imposed on his registration. Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia has released the below statement for privately practising midwives affected by the gap in Professional Indemnity Insurance for intrapartum care. Read More
A nurse who has been convicted of three counts of indecent assault against a colleague has had his registration cancelled and disqualified from applying for registration for a period of 15 months by a tribunal. Read More
A tribunal has cancelled a nurse’s registration and disqualified her from applying for four years after she was convicted and imprisoned for aggravated robbery and attempted aggravated robbery.Read More
A South Australian woman has become the first Australian sent to jail for pretending to be a registered health practitioner.Read More
The health workforce of Australia is facing significant challenges, prompting a new research partnership, to help build the midwifery profession for future generations.Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) has announced its fees for 2023/24 midwives and nurses. Read More
If you’re studying to become a nurse or midwife and are due to finish your course in the next three months, you can apply for registration now. Read More
In the coming months, a consultation will be opened for the proposed practice and advertising guidelines for non-surgical cosmetic procedures. Read More
The NMBA is consulting on a draft registration standard, with two new pathways designed to streamline processes for eligible internationally qualified registered nurses (IQRNs), who have already been registered and practised as a registered nurse in an NMBA approved comparable international regulatory jurisdiction.Read More
A tribunal has cancelled a nurse’s registration and disqualified her from applying for registration for six months after it was found that she had stolen Schedule 4 and 8 medicines and practised under the influence. Read More
A tribunal has suspended and imposed conditions on an enrolled nurse’s registration after he used unnecessary physical force on a mental health patient. Read More
We are seeking applications from community applicants, registered nurses, registered midwives and enrolled nurses and to fill vacancies arising in the following jurisdictionsRead More
Australia’s health practitioner regulator wants to hear from the community as it begins to review the national standard that sets the bar for criminal history for our registered health practitioners.Read More
A tribunal has found that an enrolled nurse engaged in professional misconduct when she practised at two regional health services. Australian government principles were in place that prevented her from working at multiple sites.Read More
On Wednesday 2 August, the Australian War Memorial unveiled the scultpture of Lieutenant Colonel Vivian Bullwinkel. Read More
We are seeking applications from community applicants, registered nurses, registered midwives and enrolled nurses to fill vacancies arising in Victoria. Read More
A Victorian midwife is banned from practising for three months and will be prevented from working in private practice for three years following a tribunal outcome relating to high-risk homebirths.Read More
A tribunal has ordered that a nurse’s registration be cancelled and she be disqualified from applying for registration for three years after she was charged with criminal offences in the Magistrates Court.Read More
A tribunal has cancelled a nurse’s registration and disqualified her from applying for two years after she spat at a vulnerable patient and used vulgar language.Read More
An enrolled nurse has been disqualified from applying for registration for a period of four years after she stole a pad and forged prescriptions, breached a condition on her registration and knowingly made false and misleading statements to Ahpra and The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA). Read More
A tribunal has cancelled an enrolled nurse’s registration after he engaged in an inappropriate relationship with a vulnerable patient. Content warning: This article discusses suicide and some readers may find this article distressing. If you are experiencing distress, please visit the NM Support website or contact Lifeline on 13 11 14 for help.Read More
The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra) and the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia have released results from surveys of practitioners’ sentiment and perceptions about our role and work.Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) has developed a consultation regulation impact statement (C-RIS) that considers a number of options and impacts for a proposed model of designated registered nurse (RN) prescribing. Read More
Today the Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses and Midwives (CATSINaM) and the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) have committed to a landmark Partnership Investment Agreement (PIA) to improve the quality and safety for contemporary nursing and midwifery for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People. Read More
This International Nurses Day the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) thanks nurse practitioners, registered nurses and enrolled nurses and acknowledges the progression of the profession over these past few years to overcome global health challenges. Read More
Today the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia celebrates International Day of the Midwife and acknowledges the long history of the midwifery profession and its dedication to improving the health outcomes for women and familiesRead More
The National Boards who recognise the test pathway have agreed to accept additional English language tests to provide further flexibility to applicants applying for registration.Read More
We are seeking applications from community members, registered nurses, registered midwives and enrolled nurses and to fill vacancies arising in the following jurisdictions: Read More
A tribunal has ordered that a registered nurse be reprimanded and complete a program of education after it was found she had practised under the influence of alcohol. Read More
A tribunal has cancelled a nurse’s registration and disqualified him from applying as a health practitioner for a period of 3 years after he engaged in harassment and intimidating behaviours and failed to comply with previously imposed drug screening conditions. Read More
Steady growth in the number of Australian and overseas qualified nurses and midwives applying for registration is being further boosted by a range of measures the NMBA is introducing to get them work-ready sooner to ease the strain on the existing workforce.Read More
Updated: 11 April 2023 There is a vacancy for a community member from any state and territory arising on the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia. Read More
A tribunal has ordered the cancellation of a nurse’s registration following his conviction of aggravated assault of a patient in a psychiatric ward. Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) has updated the policy: Re-entry to practice for nurses and midwives to include consideration for those who have not practised for a period between 10 to 15 years. Read More
The National Boards and Ahpra are reviewing the current accreditation arrangements for the national health practitioner regulatory scheme to prepare for the next period to mid-2029.Read More
Ahpra has successfully prosecuted Mr Edgar Dalisay for continuing to visit patients in their homes and provide nursing services while unregistered.Read More
There are now more registered health practitioners in every state and territory according to the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra) and National Boards 2021/22 Annual report.Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) is inviting feedback on the revised Safety and quality guidelines for privately practising midwives.Read More
We are seeking individuals with an ability and interest to contribute to the regulatory work of the State Board. Practitioners will bring sound experience in the nursing and/or midwifery professions.Read More
A tribunal has suspended an enrolled nurse’s registration for professional misconduct after she assaulted an elderly patient. Read More
A tribunal has cancelled an enrolled nurse’s registration after she engaged in violent conduct in a public place. Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) has developed a fact sheet on the roles and scope of practice of registered nurses, enrolled nurses, nurse practitioners and midwives. Read More
There are vacancies arising for practitioner members from Queensland and South Australia on the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia.Read More
A tribunal has reprimanded a registered nurse for engaging in professional misconduct after he was found guilty of common assault. Read More
A former registered nurse, Mr Alexis Travero Alvarez, has today been resentenced on appeal in the County Court of Victoria for four charges of holding himself out as a registered nurse after he had surrendered his registration, in breach of section 116 of the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law 2009.Read More
We are seeking individuals with an ability and interest to contribute to the regulatory work of the State Boards. Practitioners will bring sound experience in the nursing and/or midwifery professions. Community members will have strong community connections to bring a public/lay perspective.Read More
Nursing and midwifery graduates set to complete their course in the next three months can take the first step in their new health career by applying for registration now.Read More
Practitioners on the pandemic response sub-register who are currently practising can now opt in to extend their temporary registration so they can continue supporting the health system.Read More
A tribunal has suspended a nurse’s registration for three months for breaching professional boundaries with a patient and misleading her employer to the extent of their relationship. Read More
Public consultation on the English language skills registration standards opens today. National Boards are inviting practitioners, community members, employers, education providers and other stakeholders to have their say.Read More
A tribunal has reprimanded a registered nurse and imposed conditions on her registration after she repeatedly breached drug and alcohol conditions on her registration. Read More
A tribunal has ordered the cancellation of a registered nurse’s registration following his breach of professional boundaries and criminal convictions.Read More
A tribunal has ordered the cancellation of a nurse’s registration following his breach of professional boundaries by misleading international nursing students to believe he could fast track their immigration to Australia. Read More
A tribunal has ordered the cancellation of a registered nurse’s registration after she failed to conduct necessary observations of a patient and made false amendments to the patient’s medical records. Read More
In a prosecution by the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency, an unregistered Sydney woman who worked as a nurse at a medical centre was today convicted and fined, after previously being arrested when she failed to appear before the Windsor Local Court of New South Wales.Read More
The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra) has successfully prosecuted former registered nurse, Mr Alexis Travero Alvarez for four charges of holding himself out as a registered nurse after he had surrendered his registration.Read More
On International Nurses Day, the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) would like to thank nurse practitioners, registered nurses and enrolled nurses for their leadership and delivery of care in such diverse settings across Australia. Read More
Today the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) celebrates the International Day of the Midwife and thanks midwives and acknowledges their long and significant history in supporting women’s health.Read More
A tribunal has ordered the cancellation of an enrolled nurse’s registration after he breached professional boundaries by forming sexual relationships with his patients. Read More
More than 20,000 health practitioners are now on the 2021 pandemic response sub-register after practitioners on the 2020 sub-register opted in to extend their temporary registration.Read More
Nurses and midwives have until 31 May 2022 to renew their registration.Read More
A woman who worked as a registered nurse at a hospital and an aged care residence in Sydney when she was not registered was yesterday convicted after pleading guilty in the Downing Centre Local Court of New South Wales following charges laid by the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra).Read More
A Sydney woman who worked as a nurse at a medical centre despite not being qualified or registered to practise was on Wednesday convicted in her absence after failing to appear in the Windsor Local Court of New South Wales.Read More
Nurses and midwives on the 2020 pandemic response sub-register can now opt in to extend their temporary registration before it expires to keep supporting the pandemic response.Read More
A tribunal has cancelled an enrolled nurse’s registration after he breached professional boundaries, including consuming illicit drugs, with a patient.Read More
A tribunal has cancelled a registered nurse’s registration after he received over $100,000 from an aged care patient. Read More
A tribunal has reprimanded a registered nurse after she supplied her son with tobacco and cannabis while he was in prison.Read More
There are vacancies arising for a community member from any state or territory and a practitioner member from Victoria on the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia.Read More
The Supervised practice framework (the framework), developed by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (the Board) along with 12 other National Boards1 and Ahpra, is in effect from today.Read More
We are seeking individuals with an ability and interest to contribute to the regulatory work of the State Boards. Practitioners will bring sound experience in the nursing and/or midwifery professions.Read More
A tribunal has ordered that an enrolled nurse be prohibited from providing any health service for 15 years after she was convicted of sexual offences against a child under 16. Read More
A tribunal has disqualified a former nurse from reapplying for registration for a year following professional misconduct.Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) has released an updated position statement on nurses and cosmetic medical procedures. Read More
Health Ministers have extended the professional indemnity insurance exemption for privately practising midwives (PPMs) until 31 December 2023. Read More
Ahpra and the National Boards recognise that registered health practitioners have led the remarkable public health response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia and commend them for their sustained efforts.Read More
A Victorian person who falsely claimed to be a registered nurse has been ordered to pay $4,030 in compensation to the patient and $6,500 in legal costs to Ahpra after they admitted to breaching the National Law.Read More
The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra) and National Boards have released results from surveys to retest practitioner and broader community sentiment and perceptions about our role and work.Read More
A continued growth in the registered health workforce is highlighted in the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra) 2020/21 Annual report.Read More
Twelve National Boards and the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra) have published an advance copy of the Supervised practice framework (the framework).Read More
From today, thousands of extra health practitioners can join the COVID-19 response through a new temporary sub-register established by Ahpra and the National Boards. Read More
A tribunal has reprimanded and suspended a nurse after he published ‘disgraceful’ content about women on social media. Read More
A tribunal has reprimanded a former nurse and disqualified her from reapplying for registration for one year after she stole at least $10,000 from her employer. Read More
We are seeking individuals with an ability and interest to contribute to the regulatory work of the state boards of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia.Read More
Once you are registered, you can work as a nurse and/or midwife anywhere in Australia.Read More
Health Ministers have agreed to extend the professional indemnity insurance exemption for privately practising midwives (PPMs) until 31 December 2023.Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) has announced the national registration fee for nurses and midwives for 2021-22.Read More
Applications are now sought from registered nurses, enrolled nurses and midwives to fill one practitioner member vacancy arising on the New South Wales Board of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (the State Board).Read More
A former enrolled nurse in Queensland who continued to practise after his registration lapsed was today fined $8,000 and convicted of a charge brought by the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra). He was also ordered to pay Ahpra’s legal costs of $1,500.Read More
More than 26,000 registered health practitioners can step up to further support the COVID-19 health system response following changes made by the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra) and National Boards to the temporary pandemic response sub-register.Read More
A tribunal has ordered that a registered nurse’s registration be cancelled after she engaged in professional misconduct by failing to undergo a health assessment. Read More
Applications are being sought for appointment to the List of Approved Persons (LAP) for hearing panels from active and engaged consumers or community advisors who can represent the interests of the community and health practitioners who hold registration with one of the following professions:Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) is aware of delays for some internationally qualified nurses and midwives seeking to be eligible to apply for registration in Australia, due to COVID-19 restrictions. Read More
You need reliable, evidence-based information to be able to make good choices about your healthcare. But in a climate thick with commentary about COVID-19 and vaccines, how do you sort fact from fiction? A joint statement from Ahpra and the National Boards, the Health Care Complaints Commission, the Office of the Health Ombudsman and the Therapeutic Goods Administration. Read More
A tribunal has ordered that a nurse’s registration be cancelled, and she be disqualified from applying for registration for three years for misappropriating Lignocaine from her workplace.Read More
Call for applications - Committee to oversee assessment of overseas qualified enrolled nurses.Read More
Call for applications – Australian Capital Territory Board of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia.Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) is calling for applications for appointment to the list of examiners for the assessment of internationally qualified registered nurses.Read More
A tribunal has ordered that a nurse’s registration be cancelled after she misappropriated fentanyl from her workplace.Read More
A tribunal has ordered that a former nurse be reprimanded and disqualified from applying for registration for two years for professional misconduct. Read More
A Victorian enrolled nurse has been reprimanded and prohibited from working in aged-care health services until 22 December 2022, for fraudulently obtaining and using a resident’s credit card details.Read More
The NMBA is seeking applicants with the appropriate qualifications and experienced with a background in nursing and/or midwifery or from other professions or disciplines.Read More
Applications are now sought from registered nurses, enrolled nurses, midwives and community members to fill a Chair, community member and practitioner member vacancies arising in the following jurisdictions:Read More
Today on International Nurses Day, the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) thanked nurses for their professionalism and commitment to their communities. Read More
Today on the International Day of the Midwife, the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) has thanked midwives for caring for women across the world during the COVID-19 pandemic. Read More
A tribunal has ordered that a nurse’s registration be cancelled following his criminal convictions. Read More
A tribunal has ordered that a nurse’s registration be cancelled after criminal convictions concerning child abuse material. Read More
A tribunal has found the behaviour of a Victorian enrolled nurse constituted professional misconduct, after he was found guilty for a criminal charge of sexual assault.Read More
Nurses and midwives have until 31 May 2021 to renew their registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA).Read More
Ahpra and National Boards have extended the support available from retired nurses, doctors and other registered health practitioners on the pandemic response sub-register for a further 12 months from this week. This was done in response to a request by the Australian Government.Read More
Regulators are thanking health practitioners on the pandemic response sub-register which will be closed 12 months after it was established in response to COVID-19.Read More
The National Boards and Ahpra are seeking public feedback on revised regulatory principles for the National Registration and Accreditation Scheme (National Scheme). Read More
A tribunal has disqualified a nurse from applying for registration for a year after she engaged in an inappropriate relationship with a patient.Read More
A tribunal has suspended a nurse’s registration for six months after she took a prescription pad from her employer and forged a prescription. Read More
An enrolled nurse who viewed patient records without any clinical justification or authorisation has had her registration suspended by a tribunal.Read More
The National Boards and Ahpra have published a joint statement today to help registered health practitioners and students understand what’s expected of them in giving, receiving and advising on and sharing information about COVID-19 vaccines.Read More
A former enrolled nurse has been fined in a Victorian court for holding herself out as registered and administering cosmetic injectables while she was suspended, following a charge filed by the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra).Read More
A tribunal has cancelled a nurse’s registration and disqualified her from applying for registration until 31 August 2021, for having inappropriate relationships with two vulnerable patients. Read More
A tribunal has disqualified a former registered nurse from applying for registration for six months for professional misconduct concerning criminal convictions and contraventions of obligations under the National Law.Read More
A tribunal has cancelled an enrolled nurse’s registration and disqualified him from reapplying for 15 years following his criminal conviction for attempted murder. Read More
A tribunal has cancelled a registered nurse’s registration and disqualified him from re-applying until 2022 as a result of him engaging in serious boundary violations with two patients in early 2015.Read More
A former Victorian nurse and midwife who was employed at Bacchus Marsh Hospital as Director of Nursing has been reprimanded by a tribunal and disqualified from applying for registration for 10 years for 4 findings of professional misconduct.Read More
A registered nurse who put offensive statements on Facebook has had his registration cancelled by a tribunal for professional misconduct.Read More
A South Australian nurse has been reprimanded by a tribunal and had her registration cancelled for professional misconduct.Read More
Are you passionate about healthcare and protecting the public? Would you like to know more about the role of Board members in the National Scheme regulating registered health practitioners from 16 professions?Read More
A tribunal has disqualified a former nurse for professional misconduct that included falsifying training certificates and altering patient records.Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) has published an advance copy of the revised Nurse practitioner standards for practice (revised standards) which take effect on 1 March 2021. Read More
A nurse has been reprimanded for engaging in professional misconduct by submitting false documentation to support an application for a skilled migration visa.Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) has provided an update on the assessment of internationally qualified nurses and midwives (IQNMs). Read More
A tribunal has disqualified a former nurse for professional misconduct concerning misappropriated medication. Read More
A tribunal has suspended an enrolled nurse after she admitted engaging in professional misconduct by submitting false and misleading documents in support of a job application. Read More
A tribunal has suspended a registered nurse’s registration for three months for professional misconduct after he dragged an elderly patient who had been diagnosed with dementia to her room. Read More
A tribunal has suspended an enrolled nurse’s registration for three months for professional misconduct concerning an improper relationship with a patient. Read More
A tribunal has disqualified a former registered nurse from applying for registration for three years for professional misconduct concerning misappropriated drugs. Read More
A Victorian nurse has been reprimanded and had education and mentoring conditions imposed on his registration after being found to have engaged in professional misconduct.Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) has thanked its outgoing Chair and welcomed a new appointment to the role. Read More
Applications are now sought from registered nurses, enrolled nurses, midwives and community members to fill multiple practitioner member, community member vacancies arising in the following jurisdictions: Read More
In your final year of an approved program of study and excited about starting work as a nurse and/or midwife?Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (the Board) has announced the national registration fee for nurses and midwives for 2020–21.Read More
Applications are now sought from registered nurses, enrolled nurses and midwives to fill one practitioner member vacancy arising on the Tasmanian Board of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia.Read More
A tribunal has confirmed the suspension of a nurse’s registration on appeal.Read More
The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra) and National Boards have released results from the second annual survey of stakeholder understanding and perceptions of our role and work.Read More
A registered nurse has been disqualified for professional misconduct.Read More
Call for applications: ACT Board of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of AustraliaRead More
Call for applications: Committee to oversee assessment of overseas qualified registered nurses.Read More
A tribunal has disqualified a nurse for two and a half years for criminal conduct and working under the influence of illicit drugs. Read More
Today the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (the NMBA) opened public consultations on the proposed Registration standard: Recency of practice and Nurse practitioner standards for practice. Read More
A nurse who had a relationship with a patient has been reprimanded for professional boundary violations and banned from working as a nurse or from providing any health services for ten years following a referral by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia.Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) is encouraging nurses, midwives and students to review the new Guidelines for registered health practitioners and students in relation to blood-borne viruses before they take effect on 6 July 2020. Read More
A former Victorian midwife who was employed at Bacchus Marsh Hospital has been reprimanded and banned from practising for 10 years after a tribunal made 11 findings of professional misconduct following a referral by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia.Read More
Applications are now sought from registered nurses, enrolled nurses, midwives and community members to fill multiple practitioner member, community member and Chair vacancies arising in the following jurisdictions:Read More
The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra) has welcomed a stronger sentence for a former nurse who continued to work in aged care after her registration was suspended.Read More
Today the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) has thanked all nurses for their care for individuals and communities during such challenging times.Read More
A tribunal has disqualified a former nurse from applying for registration for two years following her conviction for unlawful wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm.Read More
A tribunal has disqualified a former nurse from applying for registration for two years for accessing child exploitation material.Read More
A tribunal has cancelled an enrolled nurse’s registration and disqualified him from reapplying for registration for five years after he had a sexual relationship with a vulnerable patient. Read More
Today is the International Day of the Midwife and the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) has thanked midwives for their vital contribution during such challenging times.Read More
The Australian Indigenous Doctors’ Association (AIDA) issued a media release detailing occasions of medical practitioners denying Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples access to culturally safe healthcare seeking testing for COVID-19.Read More
A tribunal has reprimanded a registered nurse and ordered that conditions be imposed on her registration after she showed colleagues a distressing video of child abuse on her mobile phone. Read More
More than 400,000 nurses and midwives registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) are due to renew their general or non-practising registration by 31 May 2020.Read More
As health services prepare for the expected surge in demand resulting from COVID-19, the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra) and National Boards have announced a new pandemic sub-register to fast track the return to the workforce of experienced and qualified health practitioners.Read More
Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra) staff are working remotely to serve health practitioners and the public across Australia while in-person services are temporarily suspended during the COVID-19 pandemic.Read More
Ahpra and National Boards recognise the vital role of registered health practitioners in treating and containing the COVID-19 emergency.Read More
The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra) remains open for business while in-person services are temporarily suspended in Sydney.Read More
The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra) remains open for business while in-person services are temporarily suspended in Canberra, Melbourne, Hobart and Darwin.Read More
As an interim measure to help boost the Australian healthcare workforce during the COVID-19 pandemic we’ve made changes to the presenting-in-person requirements for internationally qualified practitioners.Read More
The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra) has introduced an online upload service to receive applications, forms and supporting documents as part of the response to the way individuals are registered in the context of COVID-19.Read More
The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra) remains open for business while in-person services are temporarily suspended in Perth. Read More
A tribunal has disqualified a former enrolled nurse from applying for registration for eight years for professional misconduct, including filming a distressed dementia patient and sharing the video with her partner and a friend.Read More
Registered health practitioners play a vital role in treating and containing the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) has launched an evidence-based new assessment model for internationally qualified nurses and midwives (IQNMs).Read More
Amendments to the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (National Law) requirements on mandatory notifications came into effect on 1 March 2020.Read More
An ambitious Strategy from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health experts, regulators and health organisations committed to embedding cultural safety into the health system will be released tomorrow.Read More
A tribunal has reprimanded a former nurse for professional misconduct concerning medication administration.Read More
A tribunal has disqualified a former nurse from applying for registration for six months following criminal convictions concerning drug trafficking.Read More
A tribunal has maintained conditions imposed by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) on an enrolled nurse’s registration requiring her to undertake an NMBA-approved re-entry course.Read More
A tribunal has disqualified a former enrolled nurse from applying for registration for one year after she misappropriated drugs from her workplace and made several false entries in the relevant drug register.Read More
A tribunal has suspended a nurse for transgressing professional boundaries with a patient over text messages. Read More
A tribunal has reprimanded a nurse after she physically abused a patient. Read More
A tribunal has reprimanded a nurse and suspended him for one month following an assault on his teenage daughter in the family home. Read More
The National Boards and the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra) have today published an advance copy of the revised mandatory notification guidelines (the guidelines) and supporting resources.Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) is moving to a new assessment model for internationally qualified nurses and midwives (IQNMs).Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia’s (NMBA) new Decision-making framework for nursing and midwifery (DMF) takes effect today.Read More
The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra) and the National Boards have welcomed two new policy directions from the COAG Health Council which reinforce that Ahpra and National Boards are to prioritise public protection in the work of the National Registration and Accreditation Scheme (the National Scheme).Read More
A tribunal has disqualified a former enrolled nurse from applying for registration for eight years after he behaved in a threatening manner towards his colleagues, investigators and his neighbours.Read More
A tribunal has reprimanded a registered nurse and placed conditions on his registration after he made inappropriate comments to two graduate nurses under his supervision. Read More
A new model of assessment for internationally qualified nurses and midwives (IQNMs) will start in March 2020.Read More
A South Australian woman who continued to work as a nurse in aged care after her registration was suspended, was today convicted in the Magistrates Court of South Australia of all 66 charges laid by the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra).Read More
A tribunal has reprimanded a former nurse who misappropriated medications during a period of serious mental health issues. Read More
A professions-specific statistical summary and a report from the Chair that covers the work of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (the Board) over the 12 months to 30 June 2019 is now available online.Read More
A tribunal has suspended a registered nurse after she admitted to engaging in professional misconduct.Read More
A tribunal has cancelled a nurse’s registration for professional misconduct and disqualified her from reapplying for two years after she kept money paid by patients for vaccinations.Read More
A tribunal has disqualified a former registered nurse from applying for registration for six months after she admitted making false declarations in registration renewal applications. Read More
A tribunal has reprimanded a registered nurse and ordered conditions be placed on his registration after he admitted to misappropriating medication from his workplace for personal use. Read More
Are you in your final year of an approved program of study to become a nurse and/or midwife?Read More
A tribunal has reprimanded a former enrolled nurse for professional misconduct concerning theft. Read More
A New South Wales man has been convicted and fined $15,000 in the Magistrates Court of Western Australia following charges laid by the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra).Read More
The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) and National Boards have published a new guide to help registered health practitioners understand and meet their obligations when using social media.Read More
The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) and National Boards have released results from a social research project aimed at helping us understand perceptions about us and our work.Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) has released an advance copy of the new Decision-making framework for nursing and midwifery (the DMF).Read More
A tribunal has disqualified a former enrolled nurse from applying for registration for four and a half years for professional misconduct concerning criminal conduct.Read More
A tribunal has cancelled a midwife’s registration, after she made false declarations about meeting the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) Recency of practice registration standard.Read More
Simplified logos for AHPRA and the National Boards will be rolled out over coming months.Read More
A tribunal has disqualified a former nurse from applying for registration for six years for knowingly possessing child pornography (now called child abuse material).Read More
Call for applications – State Boards of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of AustraliaRead More
A South Australian disqualified nurse has pleaded guilty to charges that she falsely claimed to be registered while suspended.Read More
A tribunal has disqualified a nurse from re-applying for registration or working in aged care for five years after she over-involved herself in an elderly patient’s affairs and benefitted from his will.Read More
There are vacancies for practitioner members from Queensland and South Australia on the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia.Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (the Board) has announced the national registration fee for nurses and midwives for 2019/20.Read More
Public consultations are underway to boost patient safety across Australia.Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia, in partnership with the Dental, Medical, Paramedicine and Podiatry Boards of Australia, has opened consultation on the draft Guidelines for registered health practitioners and students in relation to blood borne viruses (the draft guidelines). Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) is moving to an outcomes-based assessment model for some internationally qualified nurses and midwives (IQNMs).Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) has reminded nurses and midwives, and their employers, that registration certificates are no longer issued at renewal. Read More
A tribunal has cancelled a nurse’s registration for professional misconduct concerning criminal convictions and practising while intoxicated.Read More
A tribunal has reprimanded an enrolled nurse and suspended her registration for two years after she admitted to withdrawing cash from a patient’s bank card for personal use. Read More
A Victorian man who had falsely claimed to be a registered nurse was today convicted in court of charges laid by the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA). He was fined $60,000 plus costs. Read More
Victorian woman Brittany Fairthorne was today convicted in the Frankston Magistrates’ Court of charges laid by the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).Read More
A tribunal has reprimanded a former nurse and disqualified her from applying for registration for two years for professional misconduct.Read More
A tribunal has disqualified a nurse from applying for registration for professional misconduct following an unnecessary and inappropriate physical examination of a patient.Read More
Nurses and midwives who are yet to renew their registration must do so before 1 July 2019 to keep practising.Read More
A Tribunal has reprimanded a former nurse and disqualified him from holding registration for four years after he was convicted of serious criminal offences.Read More
A tribunal has reprimanded a nurse and imposed conditions on her registration for multiple departures from accepted standards of practice, which taken together amounted to professional misconduct. Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) wants to remind health services and employers of nurses about the requirements of student registration under the National Law1.Read More
Nurses and midwives are reminded to renew their registration by 31 May 2019 to avoid paying a late fee.Read More
Sunday 12 May is International Nurses Day and the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) has thanked nurses for their leadership in providing health care to all. Read More
Australia’s health regulators have reminded health practitioners about their responsibility to support public health programs, including vaccination. Read More
Today is International Day of the Midwife and the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) has thanked the midwives of Australia for their vital work with women, families and communities. Read More
Today the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (the NMBA) opened public consultation on the proposed Decision-making framework for nurses and midwives. Read More
Online renewal for nurses and midwives is now open.Read More
Today the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) opened public consultation on proposed changes to its definitions relating to advanced practice. Feedback is invited to the questions in the consultation paper by close of business Friday 19 April 2019.Read More
A professions-specific annual report summary that highlights the work of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia over the year to 30 June 2018 has now been published.Read More
Today the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia’s (NMBA) English language skills registration standard (2019) took effect. Read More
A tribunal has suspended a nurse for failing to provide agreed chaperoning for a colleague. Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) revised Policy for re-entry to practice for nurses and midwives (2019) took effect today.Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) today provided an update on bridging programs for internationally qualified nurses.Read More
The State Administrative Tribunal in Western Australia (tribunal) has reprimanded a nurse and disqualified her from applying for registration for 12 months for breaching conditions on her registration.Read More
A tribunal has suspended a nurse’s registration for seven months after she admitted to falsifying documents to try to gain employment.Read More
Today the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) released an advance copy of the revised Policy for re-entry to practice for nurses and midwives (2019). Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board is seeking applications from registered nurses, enrolled nurses, midwives and community members to fill multiple practitioner member, community member and chair vacancies. Read More
A tribunal has suspended a nurse for four weeks, after she failed to notify the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) of criminal charges and convictions.Read More
Are you in your final year of an approved program of study to become a registered nurse, enrolled nurse or midwife?Read More
A tribunal has upheld the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia's (NMBA) decision to refuse an application for registration as an enrolled nurse (EN), after the applicant appealed the decision.Read More
The State Administrative Tribunal of Western Australia (tribunal) has reprimanded a nurse and imposed conditions on her registration after she admitted to professional misconduct concerning misappropriated drugs.Read More
A tribunal has suspended a nurse for professional misconduct concerning inappropriate conduct towards a student and a patient.Read More
Changes to the national Register of practitioners will make it easier to access public information about health practitioners across Australia.Read More
Today the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (the NMBA) released an advance copy of the revised English language skills registration standard (2019). Read More
The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (the tribunal) has decided that a former midwife will never practise again after finding she had engaged in professional misconduct while providing care to patients at Bacchus Marsh Hospital.Read More
When paramedicine becomes a regulated profession on 1 December 2018 all practising paramedics must be registered with the Paramedicine Board of Australia (the Paramedicine Board).Read More
New standards for practice are now in effect for all midwives in Australia. Read More
A tribunal has cancelled a nurse’s registration for professional misconduct. Read More
Update from AHPRA and the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) on advice to registered nurses and midwives on the 3 July 2018 about concerns they were receiving relating to a SMS text message being received by practitioners.Read More
The Occupational English Test (OET) will be publishing test results in an updated format soon.Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (the NMBA) has announced its fees for 2018/19 for nurses and midwives.Read More
Call for applications for appointment to the Australian Capital Territory Board of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia.Read More
Call for applications for appointment to the Victorian Board of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia.Read More
The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) invites experienced parties to develop and deliver Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural safety training by either a sole supplier who can deliver services nationally or a panel of suppliers locally.Read More
A tribunal has suspended a nurse for eight months after he admitted to professional misconduct concerning misappropriated drugs. Read More
Applications are being sought from health practitioners who hold registration with one of the 15 regulated health professions as well as active and engaged consumers or community advisors.Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) is inviting feedback on a proposed new prescribing endorsement for registered nurses.Read More
A tribunal has reprimanded a nurse for professional misconduct after she failed to meet conditions on her registration. Read More
This week, a landmark commitment is being launched to help achieve equity in health outcomes between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and other Australians to close the gap by 2031.Read More
Nurses and midwives who are yet to renew their registration must do so before 1 July 2018 to keep practising.Read More
A tribunal has suspended a nurse for four months after she admitted to professional misconduct concerning misappropriated drugs.Read More
A tribunal has formed a reasonable belief that a nurse restrained a patient in an unacceptable way, but has upheld her appeal against suspension. Read More
A tribunal has reprimanded a nurse and placed conditions on her registration for professional misconduct concerning medication administration.Read More
AHPRA and the National Boards have welcomed the 700,000th health practitioner registered in Australia since the start of national regulation in 2010.Read More
Nurses and midwives have two weeks to renew registration and avoid paying a late fee.Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) has thanked nurses for leading the health of their communities on International Nurses Day. Read More
Today is International Day of the Midwife and the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) has thanked the midwives of Australia for their contribution to safe and quality midwifery care.Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia's (NMBA) role is to keep the public safe. Read More
Some AHPRA offices will be closed on Monday 7 May 2018 due to public holidays.Read More
New midwifery standards for practice have been released today.Read More
A tribunal has reprimanded a former nurse after she admitted to professional misconduct concerning a criminal conviction.Read More
A tribunal has disqualified a former nurse for professional misconduct concerning the transgression of professional boundaries and inappropriate personal relationships with two patients.Read More
National Boards and the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) are consulting on future accreditation arrangements from mid-2019, when the current term of assignment of accreditation functions ends. Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia has published a consultation paper on the draft guideline for informing a National Board about where you practise. Read More
Online renewal for nurses and midwives is now open. Read More
It is clear from the 2018 Closing the Gap Report tabled by Prime Minister Turnbull in February 2018 that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples still experience poorer health outcomes than non-Indigenous Australians. It is well understood these inequities are a result of the colonisation process and the many discriminatory policies to which Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians were subjected to, and the ongoing experience of discrimination today. Read More
Applications are sought for community and practitioner members who practise or reside in the Northern Territory Board of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia.Read More
Applications are sought for community and practitioner members who practise or reside in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) to fill vacancies on the ACT Board of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia.Read More
National Boards and AHPRA have started a process to consider accreditation arrangements from mid-2019, when the current term of assignment of accreditation functions ends.Read More
Nurses and midwives are being reminded to update their contact details to not miss reminders to renew registration.Read More
A vodcast presentation on the new nursing and midwifery codes of conduct is now available. Read More
New codes of conduct are now in effect for all nurses and midwives in Australia. Read More
International codes of ethics are now in effect for Australian nurses and midwives.Read More
A tribunal has disqualified a former nurse from applying for re-registration, after she made false declarations about her criminal history. Read More
Applications are now sought from community members from Queensland to fill one community member vacancy on the Queensland Board of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia.Read More
A tribunal has reprimanded a nurse, suspended her registration for two months and imposed conditions on her registration for professional misconduct. Read More
A tribunal has disqualified a former nurse from applying for registration for six months after she admitted to professional misconduct concerning misappropriated drugs. Read More
A tribunal has upheld conditions imposed by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) on a nurse’s registration for a finding of unsatisfactory professional conduct.Read More
A tribunal has reprimanded a nurse and imposed conditions on his registration for engaging in a personal and sexual relationship with a patient. Read More
AHPRA ACT office will be closed on Friday 2 February 2018 due to office relocation.Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) and the Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses and Midwives (CATSINaM) have released a joint statement on culturally safe and respectful care.Read More
A tribunal has reprimanded a nurse and suspended her registration for three months for professional misconduct concerning medication administration. Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) has appointed Monash University to develop part of a new outcomes based assessment for internationally qualified nurses.Read More
A tribunal has fined and reprimanded a nurse, and imposed conditions on her registration, after she provided false information in her application for registration.Read More
International codes of ethics will be adopted for Australian nurses and midwives from 1 March 2018. Read More
Stakeholders interested in how regulated health services are advertised have met to discuss how to advertise responsibly and comply with the National Law1 advertising requirements.Read More
A tribunal has reprimanded an enrolled nurse and permanently disqualified him from applying for registration after he admitted to professional misconduct concerning an assault on a patient.Read More
The Annual Report for AHPRA and the National Boards for the year to 30 June 2017 is now available to view online.Read More
Registration is open for the first National Regulation Seminar. Read More
A tribunal has reprimanded an enrolled nurse and imposed conditions on her registration for engaging in professional misconduct.Read More
Final-year students who will soon complete their studies can go online now to apply for registration with the NMBA before they graduate.Read More
Call for applications for appointment to the Committee to oversee assessment of overseas qualified nurses and midwives.Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) has published the new Code of conduct for nurses and Code of conduct for midwives (the codes). The codes will take effect for all nurses and midwives in Australia on 1 March 2018.Read More
A Victorian woman has pleaded guilty to claiming to be a registered nurse when she was a student and a second woman has pleaded guilty of supporting her to do so.Read More
False declarations by nurse lead to cancellation of registration and disqualification from reapplying for six months.Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) has announced changes to registration application fees from 1 September 2017.Read More
A tribunal has cancelled an enrolled nurse’s registration for engaging in an improper sexual relationship with a patient’s spouse.Read More
A Victorian woman has pleaded guilty to claiming to be a registered midwife.Read More
A tribunal has disqualified a nurse for three years for professional misconduct. Read More
Today the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) opened public consultation on the draft Midwife standards for practice.Read More
A tribunal has found that a nurse breached conditions on her registration, but upheld her appeal for reduced drug screening.Read More
Nurses and midwives who are yet to renew their registration must do so before 1 July to keep practising.Read More
A request for tender is now open as part of the development of an outcomes based assessment for internationally qualified nurses applying for registration in Australia. Read More
A registered nurse has been reprimanded and had conditions imposed on her registration after admitting to engaging in professional misconduct.Read More
A registered nurse has been reprimanded and disqualified from applying for registration for 12 months for professional misconduct. Read More
An enrolled nurse has been reprimanded and suspended for 8 months for professional misconduct.Read More
Time is running out for nurses and midwives to renew registration on time and avoid paying a late fee.Read More
Today the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) acknowledged International Nurses Day and thanked the nurses of Australia for their contribution to the health of their communities. Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) today provided an update on the development of an outcomes based assessment for internationally qualified nurses and midwives. Read More
Today the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) acknowledged the International Day of the Midwife and thanked the midwives of Australia for their contribution to the safe care of people and their babies.Read More
Multiple vacancies have become available due to a number of fixed term appointments expiring in 2017 arising on the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia.Read More
Nurses and midwives due to renew their registration soon are reminded that they must meet the obligations of new registration standards which took effect last year.Read More
A tribunal has reprimanded an enrolled nurse (EN) and placed conditions on her registration after it found she engaged in professional misconduct relating to failures to administer medication.Read More
A profession-specific annual report summary that looks into the work of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia over the year to 30 June 2016 has now been published.Read More
Nurses and midwives now have 24 hour access to confidential health support anywhere in Australia, after an independent health service launched today.Read More
A former midwife and registered nurse has been reprimanded and disqualified from applying for registration for 18 months for professional misconduct concerning a homebirth.Read More
Revised registration standards and standards for practice came into effect for nurses and midwives on 1 June 2016. Additional midwifery specific registration standards and guidelines took effect from 1 January 2017.Read More
Today the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) opened public consultation on the revised Code of conduct for nurses and Code of conduct for midwives (the Codes).Read More
Individual annual report summaries for each state and territory, offering insights into how the National Registration and Accreditation Scheme is operating across Australia, have now been published.Read More
The National Board has published its October communique.Read More
The revised Registration standard: Endorsement for scheduled medicines for midwives and Safety and quality guidelines for privately practising midwives (SQG) take effect from 1 January 2017.Read More
A tribunal has reprimanded a nurse, cancelled his registration and disqualified him from applying for registration for three years, after he admitted stealing approximately $40,000 from a patient over a period of about four years. Read More
A tribunal has disqualified a nurse from applying for registration for life after it found she engaged in serious professional misconduct.Read More
A tribunal has cancelled an enrolled nurse’s registration and disqualified her from re-applying for two years, after it found she engaged in professional misconduct relating to drug use.Read More
A tribunal has reprimanded a nurse for unprofessional conduct and placed conditions on her registration after she failed to disclose relevant information when renewing her registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA).Read More
The Australian Health Workforce Ministerial Council (Ministerial Council) has recently endorsed Guidance for National Boards: Applications to the Ministerial Council for approval of endorsements in relation to scheduled medicines under section 14 of the National Law1 (the Guidance). Read More
The National Board has published its November communique.Read More
AHPRA’s Tasmanian office will be closed to the public on Friday 18 November 2016 and will reopen on Monday 21 November 2016 at a new location. The office will continue to be located in Hobart.Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) introduced two major new initiatives to support nurses and midwives to provide safe care to the public during the past year, according to information published by the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) today in its 2015/16 annual report.Read More
A tribunal has found that an enrolled nurse engaged in unprofessional conduct after she failed to advocate for her patient and failed to make adequate notes in the patient record.Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) and the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) have published the health profession agreement (HPA) for 2016-20.Read More
The National Board has published its September communique.Read More
Call for applications for appointment to the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia as a practitioner member from Queensland.Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) and AHPRA take their responsibility of public protection very seriously, and will take regulatory action on nurses or midwives who promote anti-vaccination statements to patients and the public.Read More
Final-year students who will soon complete an approved program of study can go online now to apply for registration before they graduate.Read More
Call for applications for appointment to the Northern Territory Board of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of AustraliaRead More
A position statement on nurses, midwives and vaccination has been published today.Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) today published further information to help nurses and midwives to better understand their advertising obligations.Read More
A 31-year-old Darwin man has been convicted and fined a total of $33,500 for falsely claiming to be a registered nurse and ordered to pay an additional $8,250 in costs.Read More
The National Board has published its August communique.Read More
A registered nurse who accessed child pornography has been reprimanded by a tribunal and had conditions placed on his registration.Read More
A tribunal has suspended a nurse for five months and placed conditions on her registration after she pleaded guilty to drug trafficking and subsequently failed to notify the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA). Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) has recently written to privately practising midwives (PPMs) who may be affected by changes to Vero Insurance.Read More
The National Board has published its July communique.Read More
A tribunal has reprimanded a nurse and disqualified her from applying for registration for three years. Read More
A position statement on nurses and cosmetic procedures has been published today. Read More
The National Board has published its May and June communiques. Read More
A tribunal has reprimanded a nurse and placed conditions on her registration after finding she engaged in professional misconduct. Read More
A New South Wales man has been fined $10,000 and received a criminal conviction after knowingly and recklessly holding out as a registered nurse.Read More
The Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal has found a former nurse guilty of professional misconduct for engaging in a sexual relationship with a patient while she was an inpatient at the hospital where he worked and following her discharge. The Tribunal also barred him from applying for registration for nine years.Read More
The National Board has published its March and April communiqués.Read More
A tribunal has reprimanded a former nurse and disqualified her from reapplying for registration for a period of time for professional misconduct.Read More
The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA), on behalf of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA), has appointed provider Turning Point to deliver a national health support service for nurses, midwives and students with a health impairment or at risk of a health impairment in Australia. Read More
The State Administrative Tribunal of Western Australia (Tribunal) has reprimanded a nurse and suspended her registration for seven months, for her involvement in the administration and provision of unproven cancer treatments to patients in Perth in 2005.Read More
A former nurse reprimanded and disqualified from reapplying for registration for two years.Read More
A tribunal has cancelled a nurse’s registration after finding he engaged in professional misconduct.Read More
A tribunal has suspended a nurse’s registration for professional misconduct for unwarranted physical contact with a patient and falsifying a report of the incident.Read More
The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) has received a letter from the Queensland Government, formally notifying of the determination of fees to be paid from AHPRA to the Queensland Office of the Health Ombudsman (OHO) for 2015-2016. Read More
A South Australian woman has received a $7,000 fine and a criminal conviction after pleading guilty in the Adelaide Magistrates Court to using the protected title of ‘registered nurse’ and for holding out that she was a registered nurse, contrary to the National Law1.Read More
The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA), on behalf of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA), has appointed Deakin University to develop the Midwife standards for practice. Read More
A tribunal has reprimanded a nurse, suspended her registration for three months, and imposed conditions on her registration.Read More
A number of revised registration standards, standards for practice and guidelines from the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA), for nurses and midwives across Australia, take effect from today.Read More
This week the NMBA is recognising the achievement of midwives in supporting newborns, women and families.Read More
Today, the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) celebrates International Nurses Day.Read More
Call for applications to the New South Wales Board of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia.Read More
The NMBA are continuing to host stakeholder information forums as part of its engagement activities for nurses and midwives across Australia.Read More
The National Board has published its February communiqué.Read More
A tribunal has suspended a nurse’s registration after finding he engaged in professional misconduct.Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (the NMBA) has released its report for 2014/15.Read More
A tribunal has suspended the registration of a practitioner for six months who failed to provide clinically appropriate midwifery care to a patient.Read More
Online renewal is now open for nurses and midwives registered to practise in Australia.Read More
Ms Annette Symes is a new practitioner board member from New South Wales. Annette was appointed on 31 August 2015, for a period of three years. Read More
The coronial inquest into the death of Ms Caroline Lovell has made a number of recommendations for AHPRA and the NMBA.Read More
The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) looks forward to contributing to the review of hospital safety and quality assurance in Victoria that was recently commissioned by the Department of Health and Human Services in the light of the tragic deaths of babies at Bacchus Marsh Hospital (Djerriwarrh Health). Read More
The NMBA has published a number of revised registration standards and guidelines to its website. Read More
A South Australian woman who had falsely claimed to be a registered nurse was jailed today for four years with a non-parole period of 14 months.Read More
A video explaining the renewal of registration process for nurses and midwives was launched today.Read More
Local reports have today been released for each state and territory on Australia’s regulatory scheme for health practitioners, providing a unique insight on local outcomes within a national scheme.Read More
Call for applications to the Tasmanian Board of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of AustraliaRead More
Revised registration standards and standards for practice have been published today by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA), which regulates Australia’s 370,303 enrolled nurses, registered nurses and midwives.Read More
A revised Registration standard: Endorsement for scheduled medicines for midwives and the Safety and quality guidelines for privately practising midwives (SQG) have been published today.Read More
A tribunal has reprimanded a nurse and imposed conditions on the nurse's registration requiring her to undertake further education and training, and meet additional supervision requirements.Read More
The National Board has published its December communiqué.Read More
Call for applications from community members to the New South Wales Board of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia.Read More
We mistakenly sent emails to some currently registered nurses and/or midwives. We are sorry for any inconvenience or confusion this caused.Read More
A new video and an accompanying infographic explaining the Australia-wide scheme that is in place to protect members of the public were launched today by the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).Read More
Seeking qualified and experienced parties to develop the midwife standards for practice.Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board is undertaking public consultation on the Registration standard for scheduled medicine endorsement.Read More
The National Board has published its November communiqué.Read More
Ms Jennifer Wood is a new practitioner board member from Western Australia. Jennifer was appointed on 31 August 2015, for a period of three years.Read More
A tribunal has reprimanded a nurse and found she engaged in professional misconduct for stealing a blank prescription and forging a prescription for a drug of dependence.Read More
The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) on behalf of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) is looking for a provider to deliver a National health support service for nurses and midwives with a health impairment or at risk of a health impairment in Australia.Read More
Seeking qualified and experienced parties to establish, deliver and manage a National health support service for nurses and midwives.Read More
Read this important information that explains what you need to know.Read More
The National Board has published its October communiqué.Read More
Call for applications – Queensland Board and Victorian Board of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia.Read More
The Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal has found a former registered nurse engaged in professional misconduct and banned her from applying for registration for 10 years.Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) and the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) have published the health profession agreement (HPA) for 2015/16.Read More
There are health practitioners with a history of substance misuse who have restrictions placed on their registration. These restrictions are generally designed to keep the public safe while the practitioner remains in practice.Read More
Call for applications – Appointment to the Queensland Board of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia.Read More
The 2014/15 annual report: AHPRA and National Boards has been published. Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) has published a new fact sheet on concurrent registration.Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia’s (the NMBA) revised registration standards for registered nurses, midwives and enrolled nurses were approved by the Australian Health Workforce Ministerial Council on 27 August 2015. Read More
Call for applications for appointment to the list of approved persons for appointment to panels for the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia, and the Victorian Board of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia. Read More
AHPRA today called on Victorian health practitioners and services to report their concerns about poor quality care, so regulators can act when needed to keep the public safe.Read More
Today, the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) has released the new enrolled nurse standards for practice.Read More
Australia’s health regulators yesterday launched investigations into other doctors and midwives at the Djerriwarrh Health Service in Bacchus Marsh, Victoria, after receiving an expert report raising concerns about obstetric and midwifery care at the service.Read More
Call for applications – Appointment to the Queensland Board of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of AustraliaRead More
The National Board has published its September communiqué.Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) will fund a nationally consistent health support service for all registered nurses and midwives, and students enrolled in approved nursing and midwifery courses. Read More
The National Board has published its August communiqué.Read More
The revised Re-entry to practice policy took effect on 1 September 2015.Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (the NMBA) has announced that in 2015/16 it will maintain its reduced national registration fee for nurses and midwives1.Read More
A tribunal found a nurse engaged in professional misconduct, suspended her registration for six months and ordered that conditions be imposed on her registration for 12 months after the suspension expires.Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) website has undergone a number of changes to improve navigation and make it easier for visitors to find information and documents.Read More
The National Board has published its July communiqué.Read More
Applications are now sought from registered midwives from the Australian Capital Territory to fill vacancies on the Australian Capital Territory Board of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia. Read More
Today, the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) has published a revised policy for re-entry to practice. Read More
The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA), on behalf of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA), is taking legal action against a man they allege has pretended to be a registered nurse.Read More
The Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal has reprimanded Mr Phillip Dibbs and disqualified him from applying for registration as a nurse or midwife for 10 years.Read More
The National Board has published its June communiqué.Read More
Revised English language and criminal history standards take effect from today.Read More
The Australian Health Workforce Ministerial Council (Ministerial Council) has extended a transitional provision under section 284 of the National Law to 31 December 2016 for midwives in private practice providing intrapartum care for women who choose to homebirth.Read More
The National Board has published its May communiqué.Read More
A revised criminal history registration standard will come in to effect for all registrants from 1 July 2015. Read More
A revised English language skills registration standard takes effect from 1 July 2015 for all nurses and midwives.Read More
The National Board has published its March communiqué.Read More
Nurses and midwives should renew their registration soon to avoid paying a late fee.Read More
On behalf of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA or National Board), I commend Australia’s 328,121 enrolled nurses, registered nurses and nurse practitioners for their invaluable contribution to the health and well being of the Australian community.Read More
This consultation closes on Friday, 3 July 2015 at 11:55pm Australian Eastern Standard Time. The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA or National Board) is releasing for public consultation papers on the review of the Registered nurse standards for practice.Read More
Applications are now sought from health practitioners and community members from the Australian Capital Territory to fill vacancies on the Australian Capital Territory Board of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia.Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia recognises the International Day of the Midwife.Read More
National Boards and AHPRA are seeking feedback through an online survey on the regulatory principles that were launched in July last year.Read More
Today we launched new pages with updated content on the internationally qualified nurses and midwives sections on the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) website.Read More
The State Administrative Tribunal of Western Australia has found Mr Timothy Buckby guilty of professional misconduct for engaging in a sexual relationship with a patient and breaching obligations of confidentiality.Read More
The Northern Territory Health Professional Review Tribunal has confirmed a decision by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia to refuse Mr Linse Thomas’ application for registration as an internationally qualified nurse.Read More
The Northern Territory Health Professional Review Tribunal has determined an appeal against a decision of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia to impose conditions on the registration of nurse, Peter Savage. The tribunal substituted a new decision to replace the Board’s decision.Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) has undertaken a project to review its current engagement with key stakeholders, including nurses, midwives and consumers in general.Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) has conducted a review and analysis of its suite of documents to ensure consistency across national policies, guidelines, factsheets and position statements.Read More
We are making changes to our websites to make sure that your information is kept safe.Read More
The State Administrative Tribunal of Western Australia has reprimanded Ms Anne McAleer for professional misconduct, cancelled her registration as a registered nurse and disqualified her from reapplying for registration for six months.Read More
The State Administrative Tribunal of Western Australia has reprimanded Mr Muir McPherson for professional misconduct, fined him and imposed conditions on his registration. Read More
The State Administrative Tribunal of WA has reprimanded Mr Michael Cummins, suspended his registration as an enrolled nurse for 16 months and imposed conditions on his registration once he does return to practice.Read More
The Adelaide office will be closed for relocation from Thursday 19 February 2015 and will re-open on Monday 23 February 2015 at 12.00pm.Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) has conducted a review and analysis of its suite of documents to ensure consistency across the national policies, guidelines, standards, codes and position statements. Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) have published a new position statement for Specialist recognition and the nursing profession.Read More
AHPRA and National Boards to introduce hair testing for all practitioners with substance related impairment.Read More
Sanjai Gupta - conditions imposed on registration as a nurse.Read More
The National Board has published its January communiqué.Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) focus groups for issues affecting health impaired nurses and midwives are now full. Read More
A new procedure for checking international criminal history that provides greater public protection takes effect today. Read More
In 2015, the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) continues its mission to work in partnership with the nursing and midwifery professions and associations, the education sector and the wider community. Read More
Applications are now sought for a community member from the Northern Territory to filll the following board member vacancy.Read More
Mr Harpeet Singh – registration cancelled and disqualified from applying for registration as a nurse.Read More
Applications are now sought for health practitioners and community members from various states and territories to fill board member vacancies.Read More
The South Australian Health Practitioners Tribunal has reprimanded Ms Jayne Morley, cancelling her registration as a nurse and disqualifying her from applying for registration until 1 January 2018.Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia has published a report of its work in regulating nursing and midwifery in the National Registration and Accreditation Scheme during 2013/14.Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) is sponsoring a comprehensive review of the recognition of the NMBA brand and identity as an independent yet interrelated entity with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).Read More
From early 2015, National Boards and the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) will implement a new procedure for checking international criminal history. Read More
AHPRA and the National Boards have released their 2013/14 Annual Report on the National Registration and Accreditation Scheme.Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) has sponsored a comprehensive review of the recognition of the NMBA brand and identity as an independent yet interrelated entity with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (National Board) is releasing for public consultation papers on the review of the Endorsement as a nurse practitioner registration standard and associated Guidelines.Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (National Board) is releasing for public consultation papers on the review of the Registration standard endorsement for scheduled medicines for eligible midwives.Read More
Seeking qualified and experienced parties to review the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia’s approach to communicating with stakeholders.Read More
Mr David Lance Lahey – reprimanded and disqualified from applying for registration as a nurse.Read More
Applications are now sought for appointments to upcoming vacancies for chairs (from practitioner members), practitioner members and community members. Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (the National Board) and AHPRA today published the Health Profession Agreement that outlines the partnership between the National Board and AHPRA, and the services AHPRA will provide to the National Board in 2014/2015.Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia and AHPRA have announced a response for some nurses and midwives caught by changes to registration requirements in February 2014.Read More
The National Board is a member organisation of the International Nurse Regulators Collaborative (INRC) and has published the INRC position statement on social media use. Read More
Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia publishes revised FAQ for internationally qualified nurses and midwives. Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia has announced the registration fee for nurses and midwives for 2014/15.Read More
AHPRA and the Nursing and Midwifery Board are running a Twitter chat to discuss registration requirements for internationally qualified nurses & midwives (IQNMs).Read More
AHPRA and the Nursing and Midwifery Board are committed to finding a solution to help internationally qualified nurses and midwives caught by changes to registration requirements.Read More
Today we have launched new homepage designs across all our websites.Read More
Registered health practitioners using the AHPRA portal can now request a Certificate of Registration Status (CoRS) online.Read More
The National Board is inviting feedback on draft standards for practice for enrolled nurses.Read More
National Board publishes questions and answers on request for tender.Read More
The National Boards are calling for feedback on guidelines on the regulatory management of health practitioners with blood borne infectious diseases.Read More
Call for applications for appointment to the Northern Territory Board of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia.Read More
On 1 July 2014 all Boards and AHPRA launched refreshed regulatory principles for regulating in the public interest. It also marked our 4th birthday and new arrangements in Qld.Read More
The National Board has published its June communique.Read More
National Board seeks qualified and experienced parties to explore requirements for assessing internationally qualified nurses and midwives.Read More
Are you an internationally qualified nurse or midwife? Find out how we assess applications under the new model. Read More
The National Board has published its May communique.Read More
National Board seeks suitably qualified and experienced parties to carry out a comprehensive review of its brand identity.Read More
National Board invites participants to focus groups to explore potential models of supervision for privately practising midwives.Read More
National Board extends closing date for request for tender to review the Midwife standards for practice. Read More
The National Board has published a new fact sheet on criterion 8 for enrolled nurses.Read More
Updated Advertising guidelines published today by National Boards.Read More
The National Board is seeking feedback on a review of registration standards and guidelines. Consultation is open until 14 July 2014.Read More
National Board invites participants to focus groups to explore potential models of supervision for privately practising midwives. Read More
The National Board is reminding nurses and midwives that there are just over two weeks left for timely registratin renewals. Read More
The National Board has updated the fact sheet on criterion 8 for registered nurses to include midwives. Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia has published a request for tender to review the Midwife standards for practice. Read More
National Board recognises International Nurses Day.Read More
The Australian Health Workforce Ministerial Council appoints a new National Board Chair and health practitioner member. Read More
AHPRA congratulates Dr Lynette Cusack, RN, on her appointment as Chair of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia, and Adjunct A/Prof Veronica Casey on her appointment as the new health practitioner member for Queensland. Read More
The National Board has published its April communique.Read More
The National Board is publicly consulting on a draft revised Safety and quality framework for midwives. Read More
The National Board is funding a project to review the Registered nurse standards for practice (incorporating a review of the current national competency standards for the registered nurse). Read More
Good response from nurses and midwives to renewals campaign.Read More
Call for applications for health practitioners to join the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia's list of approved persons for appointment to panels.Read More
The National Board has published its March communique.Read More
The National Board has published its first joint communique with the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council (ANMAC).Read More
Call for experienced registered midwives from South Australia for appointment to the South Australian Board of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia. Read More
The National Board has published a new FAQ and fact sheet for internationally qualified nurses and midwives.Read More
The National Board has published its February communique.Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (National Board) has launched its 2014 online renewal of registration campaign. Read More
Revised guidelines and a new social media policy come into effect for all nurses and midwives today.Read More
The AHPRA Northern Territory office has reopenedRead More
National Board urges registrants to update their contact details to receive registration renewal reminders.Read More
Call for community members from the Northern Territory for appointment to the Northern Territory Board of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia.Read More
Call for practitioner members from Tasmania for appointment to the Tasmanian Board of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia. Read More
The National Board has released its quarterly registration data. Read More
Eligible midwives, and midwives interested in achieving notation and endorsement, are invited to attend focus groups on Registration standard for eligible midwives.Read More
The National Board has published revised guidelines and a new social media policy which are shared across all Boards and come into effect from mid-March.Read More
The National Board has introduced a new model for assessing the qualifications of international nurses and midwives.Read More
Seeking qualified and experienced parties to review the Midwife standards for practice.Read More
Seeking qualified and experienced parties to explore health impairment referral, treatment and rehabilitation services for regulated health professionals.Read More
The National Board has published its December communique.Read More
The Board and AHPRA publish their 2013/14 health profession agreement.Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) is seeking health practitioners and community members to join the Queensland board of the NMBA. Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia has updated nurse practitioner requirements for portfolio - pathway 1 / pathway 2 documents on the website.Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia has today released a research report on professional indemnity (PII) insurance for midwives.Read More
Call for applications for appointment to state and territory boards of the NMBA. Read More
The National Board has published a media statement on the proposed endorsement standard for nurses and midwives supplying medicines under protocol.Read More
The National Board has published an abridged NMBA strategic plan 2013 - 15 on its website.Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia has published new Nurse practitioner standards for practice.Read More
The 2012/13 National Scheme Annual Report, which includes a report from the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia, has been published.Read More
The National Board invites interested parties to please refer to updated attachments in the National Board's recent requests for tender.Read More
Community and health practitioner feedback is sought on the English language skills and criminal history registration standards which are now under review. Read More
Call for expressions of interest for a community member to join the ACT Board of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia.Read More
The National Board is seeking feedback on a newly released consultation paper.Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia has published its September communique.Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (National Board or NMBA) is seeking suitably qualified and experienced parties to undertake a review of Privately practicing midwives models of supervision.Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (National Board or NMBA) is seeking suitably qualified and experienced parties to review the Registered nurse standards for practice.Read More
Fee cut for final-year students applying for registration to practiseRead More
New consultation on international criminal history checksRead More
The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) invites nurses in Victoria who are eligible to apply for nurse practitioner endorsement to attend a forum in Melbourne in October 2013.Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia has published its August communique.Read More
Registration standard for scheduled medicine endorsement for public consultation. Read More
National Board to fund nursing and midwifery health program for two more years.Read More
The National Board has published a new guideline on professional indemnity insurance (PII) arrangements for enrolled nurses, registered nurses and nurse practitioners.Read More
The National Board encourages stakeholders to participate in the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council's consultations on accreditation standards. Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia has published its July communique.Read More
Independent study by University of Sydney researchers: Community expectations & experiences of health complaints & notifications processes. Read More
Call for expressions of interest for health practitioners to join the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia's List of approved persons for panel appointments Read More
Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia sets fee for 2013/14.Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia has published a revised explanatory note and FAQ on title protection.Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia has published its June communique.Read More
The National Board has published important information on new applications for notation as an eligible midwife.Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia has published supporting documents on the English language skills registration standard. Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia has published its May communique.Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia has published updated frequently asked questions on registration as a nurse or midwife.Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia has published a new fact sheet on advanced practice nursing.Read More
The Community Reference Group membership has been announced. The group will advise AHPRA and the National Boards on engaging with communities.Read More
The National Board is reminding nurses and midwives to renew registration by 31 May.Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia has published its April communique.Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia marks International Nurses Day.Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia marks International Day of the Midwife.Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia is pleased with a strong start to the registration renewal campaign.Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia has published a revised fact sheet on enrolled nurses and medicine administration.Read More
The National Board has published an explanatory note for people working in a health profession other than nursing and/or midwifery who wish to use the title nurse and/or midwife. Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia has published revised frequently asked questions (FAQ) for continuing professional development for nurses and midwives.Read More
AHPRA and the National Boards have published their submissions to the Victorian parliamentary inquiry into the performance of AHPRA.Read More
Media release - National Boards are consulting on a draft social media policy and revised guidelines on advertising and mandatory reporting.Read More
Call for Nominations and/or Expressions of Interest for a health practitioner to join the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia.Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia has published its March Communique.Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia has published a new fact sheet on the scope of practice for registered nurses and midwives. Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia has published a new fact sheet on non-practising registration. Read More
Call for Nominations or Expressions of Interest for a Board Member in Queensland. Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (National Board) is urging nurses and midwives to look out for an email reminding them to renew registration by 31 May.Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia has published its February Communique. Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia is taking the next step towards auditing nurses and midwives' compliance with Board-approved mandatory registration standards.Read More
Are you a national or international privately practising midwife? Your opinion counts. Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia is urging nurses and midwives to update their contact details to receive registration renewal reminders.Read More
This consultation paper seeks feedback on the National Registration and Accreditation Scheme - Data access and research policy. Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia has published its January Communique.Read More
Read more about AHPRA's work in health practitioner regulation in the latest AHPRA Report.Read More
Applications are open for the National Scheme Community Reference Group. Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia has published its December Communique.Read More
Survey: Consultation opens on revised Nurse Practitioner national competency standards, closes 1 March 2013. Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (National Board) invites enrolled nurses to participate in focus groups on national competency standards for enrolled nurses.Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia releases its latest Communiqué.Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (National Board or NMBA), in partnership with the Australian Health Practitioner Agency (AHPRA), has launched a new online service for approved programs of study leading to registration and endorsement.Read More
For the first time Australians now have immediate access to a comprehensive, easily searchable national list of approved programs of study for health practitioners.Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (National Board) invites enrolled nurses, registered nurses and midwives to participate in a survey on national competency standards for enrolled nurses.Read More
Consultation opens on guidelines for professional indemnity insurance arrangements for registered nurses and nurse practitioners, closes 10 January 2013.Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia has released a position statement on mothercraft nursing.Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board Australia has published a policy on exemptions from continuous professional development for nurses and midwives.Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (National Board or NMBA) has today published the Siggins Miller report on the overview of health programs for nurses and midwives with health impairment.Read More
AHPRA has partnered with Consumers Health Forum Australia to hold a series of community forums for members of the public to learn about health practitioner regulation. Read More
The Graduate applications for registration FAQs page on the AHPRA website is now updated to include specific FAQs for students and new graduates of nursing and midwifery.Read More
The annual report of the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) and the National Boards has been published. Read More
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council (ANMAC) has published on its website a communique on the implementation of the National Board-approved Registered Nurse Accreditation Standards (2012). Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia has awarded nursing and midwifery projects.Read More
National Board publishes updated enrolled nurses fact sheet.Read More
Students of nursing or midwifery who will graduate soon can go online now to apply for registration as a nurse or midwife.Read More
National Board and AHPRA increase transparency and publish Health Profession Agreement. Read More
The National Boards' preliminary consultation on social media will be followed by a public consultation phase.Read More
The Board has published an updated FAQ on recency of practice. Read More
Health ministers have announced changes to the membership of the 10 National Boards originally appointed in 2009. Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia releases its latest Communiqué 28/07/2012 Read More
Consultation open on options for refining international criminal history checks used to assess applications for registration, closes 17 August 2012. Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia releases its latest Communiqué 24/05/2012 Read More
Seeking qualified and experienced parties to undertake PII research. Read More
The Board and AHPRA have published further detail of the National Board’s financial statements. Read More
Students about to graduate as health practitioners are urged to go online to apply early for registration and smooth the path from study to work. Read More
Time running out for nurses and midwives to renew registration by 31 May. Read More
The Board recognises a special day for nurses in communities across the nation. Read More
Quarterly registered health practitioner data released. Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia releases its latest Communiqué. Read More
The Board recognises a special day for midwives in communities across the nation. Read More
Seeking qualified and experienced parties to review the Enrolled Nurse Competency Standards. Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia releases its latest Communiqué 22/03/2012 Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia kicks off the 2012 renewal campaign. Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia releases its latest newsletter. Read More
Statement from the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia releases its latest Communiqué. Read More
Over 330,000 nurses and midwives across Australia are due to renew their registration by 31 May 2012. Read More
Statement from the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia releases its latest Communiqué Read More
The Board is seeking parties to review the National Competency Standards for Nurse Practitioners. Read More
Revised PII registration standard and new PII guidelines for midwives in place from today. Read More
General Enrolled nurses who qualify for registration as a registered nurse can now apply online Read More
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia has released a position statement on the scope of practice of the nurse practitioner. Read More
Nurses and midwives in Western Australia with registration due to expire 31 December 2011 are urged to renew. Read More
AHPRA and the National Boards release annual report. Read More
The Board is implementing a revised English language skills registration standard on 19 September 2011. Read More
The Board, in partnership with AHPRA and the other national boards, has updated its website. Read More
AHPRA launches new online service for printing Certificate of Registration. Read More
Statement from the Nursing and Midwifery Board of AustraliaThe Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia urges nurses and midwives to renew before registration lapses. Read More
Statement from the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia joins international regulatory organisations. Read More
Statement from the Nursing and Midwifery Board of AustraliaRead More
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