18 December 2009 Joint statement on collaborative care
Earlier this week the RACGP, the Australian Medical Association and the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists have jointly called on the Senate Community Affairs Committee inquiring into the Health Legislation Amendment (Midwives and Nurse Practitioners) Bill 2009 and two related Bills to support the Government’s amendments to the Bill. Together we are working to ensure government amendments that require midwives and nurse practitioners to work in formal collaborative arrangements with medical practitioners will be enacted. We believe that meaningful collaboration between health care workers is essential for the quality, safety and continuity of patient care.
The Government’s amendments to the legislation currently before Parliament clearly support this approach and are sufficiently flexible to allow different team based models to be developed based on local circumstances and the clinical needs of patients. To read the full media release, visit www.racgp.org.au/media2009/35385.
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