Tuesday, March 06, 2018

ANMF – Submission to 2018–19 Australian Government Budget.

The ANMF is Australia's largest national union and professional nursing and midwifery organisation.

In collaboration with the ANMF’s eight state and territory branches, we represent the professional, industrial and political interests of almost 270,000 nurses, midwives and carers across the country.

Our members work in the public and private health, aged care and disability sectors across a wide
variety of urban, rural and remote locations.

We work with them to improve their ability to deliver safe and best practice care in each and every one of these settings, fulfil their professional goals and achieve a healthy work/life balance.

Our strong and growing membership and integrated role as both a trade union and professional organisation provide us with a complete understanding of all aspects of the nursing and midwifery professions and see us uniquely placed to defend and advance our professions.

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.

Our submission highlights the contribution nurses, midwives and carers currently make to Australia's
health and aged care sectors and outlines how, through good, well-funded Government policy, this contribution  could be dramatically increased.

Adopting and implementing our submission's recommended policy reforms would  result in a more efficient and equitable health and aged care system, and ultimately better health for the Australian community.

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