The shabby treatment of nurses by medical doctors.
A collection of recent articles about the dismissal of the key role of nurses by the Medical Benefits Schedule Review Taskforce. The doctor dominated Taskforce is determined not to understand that nurses hold the health system together
A perverse, offensive and oppressive rejection of nurses
The Medicare Benefits Schedule Review Taskforce further curtails Nurse Practitioner practice - a case of unenlightened self-interest?
Health Professionals during the pandemic
In a short period of time the coronavirus crisis has disrupted most aspects of Australian life the economy, our social and cultural activities, education, health, and transport. It is becoming exceedingly clear to the public the extraordinary role that doctors, and nurses have played during this pandemic.
We thought you saw us nurses - seems we were wrong
In 2020 the International Year of the Nurse and Midwife there has been a focus on nurses and nursing. Not the one planned, but nonetheless, nurses have been seen: by politicians and the public. But not by the medical doctors with their vested interests.
Lets all shout out for our nurses in 2021
During COVID-19, it is the nurses who are predominantly in the front line. Doctors can come into a ward, see patients and then move on. The nurses stay there. They are the ones most exposed to infection. They put their lives on the line. And they are true professionals, to be valued and respected. Lets celebrate them
Nurse Practitioners must be recognised by the Medical Benefits Schedule
For the sake of improved nationwide health care delivery, in its eventual response to the MBS Review, we sincerely hope that government is able to demonstrate an enlightened approach to the role of Nurse Practitioners in Australia.
Medicare Review: professional mobbing and cartel behaviour against nurses
The long-awaited Medicare Benefits Scheme Taskforce Review (MBSTR) Report has been released but brought little joy for those seeking contemporary health care delivery, improved consumer choice, and outcome-based care.
