Developing culturally safe pathways for the First Nations cancer nursing workforce within the McGrath Foundation

Australia’s cancer nursing workforce now has a contemporary national capability framework. In this episode hosted by CNSA CEO Jemma Still, Dr Carla Thamm, Professor Gemma McErlean, Nikki Dean and Dr Pammie Ellem reflect on why the Australian Cancer Nursing Capability Framework, or AusCaN Framework, was needed, how it was developed and what it could mean for cancer nurses, educators and health services.

Thanks to our partnership with MooGoo Skincare, eight outstanding cancer nurses have been awarded a combined $34K in scholarship funding to support their post graduate study and professional development.

Poster 34 | Presenting author: Melanie Regan

The Hon. Dr Jim Chalmers handed down a budget which ‘rebalances the tax system’, framed as a legacy budget focused on reform and long-term stability. It arrives at a time of local cost-of-living focus, amid global conflict and fuel uncertainty. Health emerged as one of the comparatively stronger portfolios in a tight budget. The budget focuses on interventions across aged care, disability and health, building a stronger Medicare, preventative health, and reforms to the National Disability Insurance Scheme - but disappointingly no funding for the National Nursing Workforce Strategy, which should be a key priority for the government to implement the recommendations of the Cormack Review into the scope of practice and enable and fund more nurse-led models of care.

Twelve national organisations call for urgent Medicare reforms to address delays in diagnosis, fragmented care and avoidable hospital admissions in regional, rural and remote parts of Australia.

The ReViTALISE Project, in partnership with Goulburn Valley Health and Rumbalara Aboriginal Co-operative Ltd, has launched three videos by mob, for mob on the Lotjpa Yapaneyepuk YouTube channel to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in understanding and accessing cancer clinical trials.