Family violence remains one of the most serious public health and safety threats across Australia. Today, the 15 NSW Health Professional Councils and the HPCA along with our regulatory partners have released an important joint statement taking a united stand against family violence.

The statement has been developed in collaboration with our regulatory partners – Ahpra, the National Boards, the Health Care Complaints Commission as well as the Office of the Health Ombudsman. 

The joint statement recognises the key role that health practitioners play in detecting family violence, as well as referring and supporting victim-survivors.  

As regulators we also recognise the contribution we can make including setting clear expectations of behaviour for health practitioners, taking tough regulatory action and condemning family violence.

Any form of family violence is completely unacceptable. We are absolutely committed to responding to family violence in our regulatory capacity and the release of this joint statement is a positive step forward to help better protect the public.

Please see the joint statement and media release for more information.