New nursing places to benefit patients and our community
Federal Member for Isaacs, Mark Dreyfus, has welcomed the announcement of more than 1,000 new Commonwealth supported university places for nursing students.
Mark Dreyfus said the announcement of 1,094 new places across the country is a great initiative that will deliver results for our community.
“More students will have the opportunity to become registered nurses, increasing the number of nurses in our hospitals and community,” Mark Dreyfus said.
“This initiative helps deliver on Labor’s election commitment to deliver more nursing places to benefit patients, strengthen the health system and improve the well‐being of our community,” Mark Dreyfus added.
The new places will give more students the opportunity to qualify as registered nurses and will increase the number of nurses available to work in our hospitals. That will benefit patients in the health system significantly and, ultimately, our community.
The extra places are part of the Rudd Government’s 2008‐09 Budget Health and Hospitals Reform – Health Workforce initiatives.
