Medical and nursing groups together

On Tuesday I attended a Roundtable meeting in Canberra again which had medical and nursing groups together. It was a follow on from the same roundtable last year which we organised alongside the ANF and the College of Nurse Practitioners. Last year we placed the advanced nursing roles in primary health care evidence on the table for consideration by all present. This year we launched the Position Statement on Primary Health Care- a nursing view.
It was an incredibly productive and rational discussion. All the areas we agree on and disagree on were debated and a commitment was expressed by all present to continue talking in a more formalised way with each other.
From APNA's perspective, we would like to see a productive approach taken to discussion of the 'for and on behalf 'of issues, how the access of NPs to the MBS and PBS is going to play out to the best advantage of patients and practices, how we can get greater clarity of roles and accountability between members of the general practice team.