Based on feedback and information sent to Aged Care Crisis, we would encourage family members and aged care employers to conduct their own checks of registered medical and nursing staff working in aged care homes.

Many correspondents who contact Aged Care Crisis are shocked to learn that it may still be possible for a nurse to be suspended by their nursing/registration board (in their country of origin), for example, and yet, still be granted a practitioners license to operate here in Australia.

Update: Nurse warning (4 July 2012)

Nurse warning: Banned from nursing in her own country - so how is it that she is allowed to look after our pensioners?

Search and check online registers

The links below are where you can search various health and medical registers from a range of locations:

Australia: Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency

New Zealand: Nursing Council of New Zealand

Ireland: An Bord Altranais Nursing Board

England: Nursing & Midwifery Council

Related: The Global Mail Investigation into Patient Safety

• Misleading Healthcare register puts patients at risk (6 Feb 2012)
• Better Health Checks (13 Apr 2012)

If you would like to add or suggest changes, then please don't hesitate to contact us.