Nursing students ‘absolutely thrilled’ with new government payment
Assistant Health Minister Ged Kearney says the new payments for student teachers and nurses were “greeted with a round of applause”.
Nursing students ‘absolutely thrilled’ with new government payment
A Commonwealth Prac Payment will be available to trainee nurses, teachers and social workers from mid-next year.
Post-graduate nurses and midwives will also be eligible for a scholarship on offer, to bolster the health workforce.
Ms Kearney told Sky News Australia that the nursing students she had spoken to were “absolutely thrilled” with the news.
“It will be a great help to those nursing students.”