Why a nurse practitioner revolution isn’t happening — even with Medicare independence
Ditching the rule that nurse practitioners must have formal doctor support to bill Medicare is unlikely to trigger a mass migration of nurses attempting to…
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Nurse practitioners will be freed to bill Medicare independently of doctors under Fed Govt bill
Nurse practitioners will be free to bill Medicare without clinical backup from a doctor under draft laws introduced to federal Parliament today. The changes were…
‘Nursing and medicine are not comparable’: Nurse-turned-GP’s warning on scope of practice
Before medicine, GP Dr Jaimie Drysdale was an experienced nurse contemplating training to become a nurse practitioner. As a rural generalist in Margaret River, 270km…
RACGP fumes after doctors’ relationship with nurses likened to domestic violence
The RACGP says a nurse practitioner has “deeply offended” doctors by comparing collaborative prescribing rules to domestic violence. But nurse practitioner Chris O’Donnell says he…
Midwives and nurses now able to prescribe medical abortion drugs
Queensland has become the first state to allow midwives and nurses to prescribe the pregnancy termination medication MS-2 Step. The state’s parliament passed laws on…
GPs excluded as govt signs $7 million deal for nurse-led urgent care clinics
A Medicare urgent care centre contract worth $7.1 million has gone to five nurse-led walk-in clinics with no plans to recruit any GPs. The ACT…
Stigma of being ‘the abortion GP’ will diminish after TGA reforms, says MSI Australia
Scrapping registration rules for GPs who prescribe MS-2 Step should stop the ‘abortion doctor’ stigma deterring new providers, says MSI Australia. From 1 August, GPs will no longer…
Mandatory training scrapped for GPs prescribing abortion drugs
The rule that GPs must retake a three-hour training course every three years to prescribe abortion drugs is being scrapped, along with mandatory registration for…
Nurse practitioners win rebate boost and greater independence
The Federal Government is boosting rebates for nurse practitioners by 30% and removing the requirement they must work with a doctor to access the MBS…
Why GPs face new tussle with nurse practitioners
Is a bigger role on the cards for nurse practitioners?
