Through our work with members, we aim to strengthen the contribution of nursing and midwifery to improving Australia’s health and aged care systems, and the health of our national and global communities. [...] A Monash Research and Education Network Brief recently concluded that the Older Persons Health Assessment may improve survival and quality of life, but the outcomes may equally be attributed to greater utilisation and quality of health services.1 The ANMF supports the retention of health assessments where they demonstrate that they facilitate access to appropriate and affordable health services an. [...] Expanding the type and number of health practitioners who are funded to initiate and conduct health assessments will increase access to preventative care and early intervention, if the prescribed care and services are affordable and accessible. [...] Changing the criteria to allow nurses, midwives and other suitably qualified health practitioners to initiate and conduct targeted MBS funded, health assessments would enable them to work to their scope of practice and improve access to this type of health care, especially by those in vulnerable population groups. [...] Recognising the equivalency of cultural knowledge and the expanded clinical capabilities of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander nurses and midwives, as compared to Health Workers and Practitioners, it is imperative to afford them the opportunity to bill for MBS items in provision of care for their communities.
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