communication to fully inform organisations funded to Communities, Child Safety them of the nature of the likely deliver services on their and Disability Services’ discussion and the opportunity to behalf, are responsible website. The Queensland decline the engagement. for implementing the Language Services Guidelines Queensland Language contains information on how Services Policy. Further to work with interpreters and advice to agencies on plan for multilingual briefing interpreters will resources. be incorporated in the next review of the Language Services Guidelines. 60 The Minister for Health The Minister for Health Workforce issues have been recommends to the Australian will raise workforce raised through the Health Health Workforce Ministerial issues with other Workforce Principle Council that the Health Australian Health Committee. Practitioner Regulation Boards of Ministers. On 17 2015, Health Australia require specific sets Ministers resolved to refer pertaining to recognition of and recommendations 60 to 62 to appropriate intervention for the Australian Health domestic and family violence and Practitioner Regulation child harm be included in Agency (APHRA) and the accreditation standards National Boards for noting. submitted by Accreditation At the 6 November 2015 Agencies under the National Law. meeting of the Australian Health Workforce Ministerial Council, Health Ministers asked AHPRA to provide an update about actions taken in response to the referral of these recommendations. The update was provided in February 2016. has consulted with Accreditation Agencies to identify how current accreditation standards address the issues of domestic violence. AHPRA is providing information in communiques about continuing professional development registration standards being broad enough to encompass professional development on
communication to fully inform them of the nature of the likely discussion and the opportunity to decline the engagement. organisations funded to deliver services on their behalf, are responsible for implementing the Queensland Language Services Policy. Further advice to agencies on briefing interpreters will be incorporated in the next review of the Language Services Guidelines. Communities, Child Safety and Disability Services’ website. The Queensland Language Services Guidelines contains information on how to work with interpreters and plan for multilingual resources. 60 The Minister for Health recommends to the Australian Health Workforce Ministerial Council that the Health Practitioner Regulation Boards of Australia require specific sets pertaining to recognition of and appropriate intervention for domestic and family violence and child harm be included in accreditation standards submitted by Accreditation Agencies under the National Law. The Minister for Health will raise workforce issues with other Australian Health Ministers. Workforce issues have been raised through the Health Workforce Principle Committee. On 17 2015, Health Ministers resolved to refer recommendations 60 to 62 to the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (APHRA) and the National Boards for noting. At the 6 November 2015 meeting of the Australian Health Workforce Ministerial Council, Health Ministers asked AHPRA to provide an update about actions taken in response to the referral of these recommendations. The update was provided in February 2016. has consulted with Accreditation Agencies to identify how current accreditation standards address the issues of domestic violence. AHPRA is providing information in communiques about continuing professional development registration standards being broad enough to encompass professional development on
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