The Australian College of Nursing (ACN) is calling for significant changes to Australia’s model of primary healthcare delivery to reflect the changing healthcare needs of an ageing population and supply issues affecting sections of the health workforce. In its submission to the Unleashing the Potential of our Health Workforce Review (the Cormack Review), ACN provides…
The First Nations Faculty of the Australian College of Nursing (ACN) acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the lands and waterways where we all work and live. The Referendum was a devastating result for many peoples across Australia. For many First Nations people, this continues to be a difficult period as, overwhelmingly, First Nations Peoples supported…
The Australian College of Nursing (ACN) is calling on all Australians to respect and support one another in the wake of the defeat of the First Nations Voice to Parliament in today’s Referendum. ACN CEO Adjunct Professor Kylie Ward FACN said the failure of the YES vote will have an immediate devastating impact on the…
The Australian College of Nursing (ACN) today reaffirmed and amplified its support for a YES vote for the Indigenous Voice to Parliament in the upcoming Referendum. ACN CEO, Adjunct Professor Kylie Ward FACN, said the Indigenous Voice to Parliament is a historic human rights and health improvement opportunity for First Nations Australians – and all…
The Australian College of Nursing (ACN) welcomes comments from the AMA that “a more modern, flexible, and transient workforce” is needed to meet the current and future primary health care needs of rural, regional, and remote communities. The AMA last week hosted a rural summit to discuss long-term medical workforce shortages in rural and regional…
The Australian College of Nursing (ACN) today spoke to its submission to the Inquiry into Diabetes, which is being conducted by the Standing Committee on Health, Aged Care and Sport, at a public hearing at Parliament House in Canberra. ACN CEO, Adjunct Professor Kylie Ward FACN, told the Committee that new models of nurse-led and…
Parliamentary Friends of Nursing The Australian College of Nursing (ACN) is calling for action to address all incidences of nurses and violence – violence in the workplace, domestic violence in their own homes, caring for victims of domestic violence, and responding to child abuse and neglect. At a Parliamentary Friends of Nursing (PFON) event at…
Applications open this week for the latest round of Aged Care Nursing and Allied Health Scholarships. Australian College of Nursing (ACN) CEO, Adjunct Professor Kylie Ward FACN, said today that these important scholarships are helping to train and retain the skilled workforce needed to meet the needs of the ageing Australian population. Adjunct Professor Ward…
Applications open this week for the 2024 Puggy Hunter Memorial Scholarships Scheme. The Puggy Hunter Memorial Scholarships Scheme (PHMSS) encourages and assists Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander undergraduate students in health-related disciplines to complete their studies and join the health workforce. The Australian Government established the PHMSS as a tribute to the late Dr Arnold…
Australian College of Nursing (ACN) CEO, Adjunct Professor Kylie Ward FACN, said today that enabling nurses to work to the full scope of their skills and training would dramatically improve patient access to high quality primary health care where and when they need it. Welcoming today’s announcement that Professor Mark Cormack will lead the Unleashing…