Australia cannot meet its future care needs without enabling nurses to work to their full scope of practice.
Unlocking the full potential of Australia’s nursing workforce is key to unlocking the future capacity of our health system.
Across the country, community‑based nurses already deliver complex and acute care every day. Our experience shows that when nurses are supported to work to the full extent of their education and professional capability, care becomes more accessible, more efficient, and more sustainable.
For more than 130 years, Silverchain has pioneered nurse‑led models of care shaped by frontline expertise. These models demonstrate what is possible when nurses are enabled to practise independently and to their full scope.
Read our Nursing Scope of Practice position statement.
