GP Groups United on Collaborative Care
United General Practice Australia (UGPA) – the coalition of the peak groups representing Australia’s general practitioners (GPs) – today issued a strong united endorsement of collaborative care arrangements between health professionals to deliver the best possible health outcomes for Australian patients.
UGPA congratulates the Government on its recent amendment to the Health Legislation Amendment (Midwives and Nurse Practitioners) Bill 2009, which 
specifies a legal requirement that midwives and nurse practitioners must work in formal collaborative arrangements with medical practitioners.
UGPA believes the amended Bill provides the most appropriate patient-centred model of collaborative care to benefit all Australians, including in country areas.
The legislative requirement in the Bill is consistent with the Government’s original policy direction to ensure continuity of quality patient care and prevent the fragmentation of patient care services.
Patients will enjoy better health outcomes when they are treated in a collaborative model of holistic care that provides coordinated, continuous and comprehensive patient-centred care, which is delivered by appropriately trained health professionals.
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