The Nursing and Allied Health Rural Locum Scheme (NAHRLS) placed more than 100 nurses, midwives and allied health professionals; including dentists, optometrists, osteopaths, physiotherapists and speech pathologists, in remote and rural areas in September, providing locum support to the hard-working permanent health workforce in these
The Nursing and Allied Health Rural Locum Scheme (NAHRLS) achieved its 500th placement for a Remote Area Nurse in Ramingining, NT on Monday, 9 July 2012.
Sunday, 1 July 2012 marked the completion of NAHRLS’ first year of operation. To celebrate, the NAHRLS team hosted a morning tea to commemorate one year of support to rural and remote nurses, midwives and allied health professionals around Australia.
Health services and health professionals continue to benefit from the NAHRLS programme with 471 placements completed at the end of the financial year. This means that:
Following direction from the Department of Health and Ageing (DoHA), the Nursing and Allied Health Rural Locum Scheme (NAHRLS) will now offer back-fill support to health service organisations in rural and remote Australia to cover staff taking any form of short term leave.
The Nursing and Allied Health Rural Locum Scheme has achieved its 100th order for health professional placement in rural and remote Australia since beginning operations in June 2011.
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