Commonwealth Prac Payments
Placement poverty survey reveals ‘grim’ results
Majority of healthcare students struggle to pay their bills, survey finds Results from the Health Students’ Alliance’s (HSA’s) National Placement Poverty Survey are “a lot more grim” than expected, the group’s leader says. More …
Extending prac payments ‘not optional’
Multiple unpaid placements are becoming unworkable for pharmacy and allied health students struggling to cover their costs Australia cannot “afford to let unpaid clinical placements become a barrier that stops students from …
Urgent call for Prac Payment expansion
Placement poverty is forcing pharmacy students to choose between food and their studies, NAPSA president warns Australia’s Commonwealth Prac Payments scheme needs to be urgently extended to cover all healthcare …
Teals call for extension of prac payments
Independent MPs call for changes to the government’s Universities Accord (Cutting Student Debt by 20%) Bill 2025, to expand practice payments program There is no justification for excluding pharmacy students …
Prac payments must be extended: pharmacy groups
Excluding pharmacy students from the Commonwealth Prac Payments scheme is “unfair”, pharmacy leaders claim The federal government is missing an opportunity to support the future primary care workforce by limiting …
‘Government should be doing more – not less’ for pharmacists
Professional body calls for extension of the Commonwealth Prac Payment scheme to support pharmacy students Urgent steps need to be taken by the federal government to support pharmacy students during …
Cost of living relief extended, but not to pharmacy students
Up to 5000 additional healthcare students will be able to access the Commonwealth Prac Payments program, but pharmacy undergrads continue to be excluded Moves to expand the 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 …