Nurse Practitioner Steering Committee

The Nurse Practitioner Steering Committee (NPSC) provided advice and expertise on the development of the Nurse Practitioner Workforce Plan.

Role

The Nurse Practitioner Steering Committee (NPSC) provided advice and expertise on the development of the Nurse Practitioner Workforce Plan.

The NPSC:

  • provided evidence-based advice on key policy issues related to development of the plan
  • identified priority issues facing nurse practitioners
  • identified relevant projects within their own organisation or jurisdiction
  • identified and communicated with relevant stakeholders that were not represented on the committee
  • liaised with the Nursing and Midwifery Strategic Reference Group (NMSRG) to:
  • reviewed plan drafts and provided timely feedback to the department.

Members

Member

Background and experience

Mr Matthew Williams (co-chair)

First Assistant Secretary, Health Workforce Division, Australian Government Department of Health

Adjunct Professor (Practice) Alison McMillan PSM (co-chair)

Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer, Australian Government Department of Health

Dr Robina Redknap

Australian and New Zealand Council of Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officers

Dr Chris Helms

Australian College of Nurse Practitioners

Ms Leanne Boase

Australian College of Nurse Practitioners

Mr Chris O’Donnell

Australian College of Nursing

Dr Dan Halliday Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine

Dr Simon Tolvarsden

Australian Medical Association

Ms Annie Butler

Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation

Ms Karen Booth

Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association

Dr Ali Drummond (01/23 – 04/23)

Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses and Midwives

Professor Roianne West (07-21 – 01/23) Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses and Midwives

Ms Roslyn Chataway

Consumers Health Forum

Ms Katherine Isbister

CRANAPlus

Ms Tanya Vogt Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia

Dr Rashmi Sharma

Royal Australian College of General Practitioners

Dr Sarah Hayton

The National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation

The co-chairs can co-opt members as required.

Meetings

The NPSC will hold a minimum of 4 meetings per year. Meetings can be face-to-face or via videoconference.

Consultations

To develop the plan, we considered stakeholder input from two rounds of public consultation.

For more information, visit the Consultation Hub.

Communiques

Steering Committee on the Plan – Communiques

This collection is a list of meeting communiques for the Nurse Practitioner Steering Committee (NPSC) that facilitates collaboration between government and non-government stakeholders on development of the Plan.

Contact

Nursing taskforce secretariat

Contact the secretariat for information about the National Nursing Workforce Strategy.
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