Role
The Strategy Advisory Group (SAG) is a stakeholder group which provides advice on the development of the National Nursing Workforce Strategy (Strategy).
The SAG:
- provides advice to the Strategy Steering Committee (SSC) on key aspects of the nursing profession and nursing services
- facilitates stakeholder consultations
- considers advice from stakeholder consultations to help inform the Strategy
- reviews documents relevant to the development of the Strategy, for example consultation papers
- provides advise on implementation, monitoring and evaluation measures for the final Strategy
- ensures their organisation is kept informed of key issues arising during the development of the Strategy.
Members
The SAG includes organisations with expertise in the nursing profession and nursing services.
The Commonwealth Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer and Victorian Chief Nurse and Midwifery Officer will co-chair the SAG and SSC meetings.
| Member | Organisation |
| Adjunct Professor (Practice) Alison McMillan PSM (co-chair) | Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer, Australian Government Department of Health, Disability and Ageing |
| Adjunct Professor Karrie Long (co-chair) | Chief Nurse and Midwifery Officer, Safer Care Victoria |
| Ms Kerri Gane | Catholic Health Australia |
| Dr Gabrielle Koutoukidis | National Enrolled Nurse Advisory Council |
| Ms Rebecca Badcock | Aged and Community Care Providers Association |
| Professor Rhonda Wilson | Australian College of Mental Health Nurses |
| Ms Alison Weatherstone | Australian College of Midwives |
| Ms Leanne Boase | Australian College of Nurse Practitioners |
| Ms Karen Grace | Australian College of Nursing |
| Ms Tanya Vogt | Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council |
| Ms Annie Butler | Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation |
| Ms Mia Dhillon | Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association |
| Ms Jacquie Wiley | Australian Private Hospitals Association |
| Dr Ali Drummond | Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses and Midwives |
| Ms Jo Root | Consumers Health Forum |
| Professor Karen Strickland | Council of Deans of Nursing and Midwifery |
| Captain John Kennedy | Defence Force Nursing |
| Ms Shannan Lewis | CRANAplus |
| Ms Carolyn Lees | Department of Veterans’ Affairs |
| Ms Alessandra Peck | Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia |
| Ms Deb Blow | Tafe Directors |
| Adjunct Professor Shelley Nowlan | Office of the National Rural Health Commissioner |
| Mr Paul Healey | Health Services Union |
Meetings
Meetings will be held approximately 6-8 times per year and communiques will be published here after each meeting. Related committees or groups.
Related committees or groups
The SAG provides advice to the Strategy Steering Committee (SSC).
Communiques
National Nursing Workforce Strategy Advisory Group – Communiques
This collection contains communiques documenting the meetings of the National Nursing Workforce Strategy Advisory Group. They provide advice on the development of the National Nursing Workforce Strategy.
Contact
Nursing Taskforce contact
Contact us with any questions about the National Nursing Workforce Strategy.
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