Health Professionals Make Melbourne Home
Source: Victoria. Minister for Health. Media Release
"The new agency established to run the national registration and accreditation scheme for health professionals will be based in Melbourne, Health Minister Daniel Andrews announced. Mr Andrews said the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency would be responsible for registering and accrediting practitioners in 10 health professions – nurses/midwives, doctors, dental professionals, optometrists, pharmacists, physiotherapists, psychologists, podiatrists, osteopaths and chiropractors.Mr Andrews said the 10 national boards being established to replace individual boards in each state will also be based in the same building. "