Commonwealth Prac Payments
Students make placement poverty an election issue
Labor and the Coalition are being urged to expand access to the Commonwealth Prac Payments program to secure the health sector’s future workforce Pledged funding for new health facilities …
Budget fails to address placement poverty: NAPSA
HELP debt relief welcomed, but pharmacy students will still face placement poverty, NAPSA warns Pharmacy students are set to continue to face difficult decisions after the government opted not to …
Independent backs expanded prac payments
Healthcare students get political support for campaign to extend the Commonwealth Prac Payment program to all undertaking mandatory placements Nurse and midwife-turned federal MP, Dr Helen Haines, is joining health …
Long-term investment in workforce needed
Government urged to invest in healthcare students to shore up future workforce Pharmacy students should not be forced to choose between their career or covering their rent, Sebastian Harper, the …
No healthcare without health workers
Health students make plea for expansion of Commonwealth Prac Payments as politicians pledge billions in Medicare funding Multi-billion-dollar funding announcements to strengthen Medicare need to come with cost of living support …
Health students unite to fight placement poverty
NAPSA becomes founding member of Health Students Alliance in a bid to secure expansion of Commonwealth Prac Payment program Students training to become pharmacists, physiotherapists and psychologists are urging the …
NAPSA welcomes call for Prac Payment expansion
Commonwealth Prac Payment scheme should be extended “across the primary care sector”, scope of practice review recommends Tackling placement poverty will be key to strengthening the primary healthcare workforce into …
Placement poverty wipes student’s savings
Union calls for the expansion of Commonwealth Prac Payments to support more students undertaking mandatory unpaid placements Pharmacy students should not be excluded from the federal government’s placement support payments, …
Access to Commonwealth Prac Payments a necessity: NAPSA
Senate committee urged to back calls for placement payments for pharmacy students Students undertaking mandatory unpaid placements should be financially supported by the government, the National Australian Pharmacy Students’ Association …
‘There’s more work to do’ to support students
Government backbencher acknowledges pharmacy students’ pleas for placement support Current plans for Commonwealth Prac Payments are a first step in easing financial pressures on students, Labor’s Peter Khalil says. Speaking …
‘Pay all students doing mandatory placements’: Greens
Greens call for the return of free higher education in an amendment motion on the Universities Accord Bill 2024 Students should not be required to work for free as part …
Unpaid placements impacting pharmacy students: NAPSA
NAPSA to put case for the extension of access to Commonwealth Prac Payments to Senate committee Pharmacy students are far from immune to the impacts of placement poverty and should …