Momentous reform will improve access to quality health care

Momentous reform will improve access to quality health care

The introduction of laws to remove outdated ‘collaborative arrangements’, which take effect from tomorrow 1 November, will allow Nurse Practitioners and Endorsed Midwives to autonomously provide Medicare services and prescribe Pharmaceutical Benefits Schedule (PBS) medications. This is a big win for nurses and midwives who, since 2010, have had a legal requirement to have collaborative…