Queensland Health\u2019s Chief Nurse and Midwifery Officer, Adjunct Professor Shelley Nowlan, took on a new role this week as Deputy National Rural Health Commissioner, which will see her play a key role in the Federal Government\u2019s agenda to increase access to rural health services and address rural workforce shortages.
\nFederal Rural Health Minister, Mark Coulton, and National Rural Health Commissioner, Prof\u00a0Ruth Stewart, met with Prof Nowlan today in Brisbane to congratulate her and discuss priorities for the role.
\nMinister Coulton welcomed Prof Stewart\u2019s engagment of Prof Nowlan, recognising the wealth of experience and expertise Prof Nowlan brings to the position.
\n\u201cI welcome Shelley Nowlan\u2019s appointment as Deputy Commissioner. A registered nurse with more than 30 years\u2019 experience, Prof Nowlan holds a longstanding interest in the health outcomes of rural and remote Australians.
\n\u201cProf Nowlan\u2019s professional qualifications and practical experience will provide real-world knowledge and insight to healthcare challenges in country Australia.\u201d
\nProfessor Ruth Stewart said Prof Nowlan had worked for decades to ensure nurses and midwives met the needs of people living in rural and regional Australia.
\n\u201cProf Nowlan\u2019s work in strategic health policy, health reform, innovation, and program evaluation has supported the delivery of nurse and midwifery care in communities across Queensland,\u201d Professor Stewart said.
\n\u201cI look forward to working with Shelley to develop new and innovative ways to provide health services to people in rural and remote Australia and make it an even better.\u201d
\nMinister Coulton said the appointment of Deputy Commissioners is part of the Government\u2019s expansion of the Office of the National Rural Health Commissioner to elevate its effectiveness and capacity to engage with rural challenges in a more holistic manner.
\n\u201cBy engaging two Deputy Commissioners to provide expert advice on allied health, nursing, and Indigenous health disciplines and making the National Rural Health Commissioner a permanent office, we are ensuring rural challenges receive the attention and the expertise they deserve.
\nProf Nowlan is the second of two Deputy National Rural Health Commissioner to be announced. Associate Professor, Dr Faye McMillan, was announced last month as a Deputy Commissioner. Prof Nowlan is engaged as Deputy Commissioner until 30 June 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Queensland Health\u2019s Chief Nurse and Midwifery Officer, Adjunct Professor Shelley Nowlan, took on a new role this week as Deputy National Rural Health Commissioner, which will see her play a key role in the Federal Government\u2019s agenda to increase access to rural health services and address rural workforce shortages. Federal Rural Health Minister, Mark Coulton, … Continue reading “Second Deputy National Rural Health Commissioner announced”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11219"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11219\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}