The National Registration and Accreditation Scheme ensures that registered health professionals have the knowledge, skills and professional attributes to safely and competently practise their profession in Australia.
The National Registration and Accreditation Scheme ensures that registered health professionals have the knowledge, skills and professional attributes to safely and competently practise their profession in Australia.
Thank you for the further opportunity for Universities Australia (UA) to contribute to the Scope of Practice Review. This independent review is focused on health professionals, especially those in primary care, working to their full scope of practice. Full scope refers to those professional activities that a health practitioner has the skills, knowledge competencies and authority to perform and for which they are accountable. The aim of the review is to ascertain how we can maximise our health workforce by enabling practitioners to work more frequently at full scope.
The 2024-25 federal budget is the Albanese Government’s first opportunity to respond in full to the Australian Universities Accord final report. The government must embrace it with both hands. In a fast-changing strategic and economic environment, Australia needs more of what universities do – more skilled workers, more research and development and stronger regional ties.