Professional practice

February 2012

As well as its support and advocacy for psychologists in private practice, the APS engages in a range of activities to support those who are employed in public sector settings and non-government organisations (NGOs). There is sometimes the perception that the APS works mainly for its members who...

February 2012

As APS members would be well aware by now, under changes introduced with the national registration scheme, all practising psychologists must have current and sufficient professional indemnity insurance cover which meets the standards specified by the Psychology Board of Australia. There are a...

February 2012

Many private psychology practices have brought on additional staff to meet the growing demand for psychological services, and with this comes decisions about whether to employ or subcontract psychologists to the business. This is often a difficult area and the APS Advisory Service frequently...

December 2011

When the death of a client occurs in the course of or soon after psychological treatment, it is more likely to have resulted from some unnatural cause such as suicide or death by misadventure associated with psychological disturbance. At times this may result in the investigation of the death by...

December 2011

In providing Medicare-funded psychology services under various government initiatives, psychologists are required to comply with Medicare Australia’s auditing arrangements. Psychologists are currently being targeted in another round of Medicare Australia compliance audits, the second since...

December 2011

The introduction of the national registration scheme has included the establishment of three entities which are involved in the registration of psychologists – the Psychology Board of Australia, the Regional Boards of the Psychology Board of Australia, and the Australian Health Practitioner...

October 2011

With the advent of Medicare-funded psychology services, the work of many psychologists extends across both the public and private sectors, with some consulting quite different client groups in each setting while others work with very similar client groups. Legal and ethical issues for...

October 2011 | Harry Lovelock & Anna Stitzel

In response to the challenges facing the Australian health system, in 2007 the Australian Government committed to a major health reform agenda by establishing three significant reform initiatives through the National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission, the National Primary Health Care...

October 2011 | David Stokes

All members who hold full registration with the Psychology Board of Australia are reminded that registration renewal is due by 30 November 2011. Psychologists in all States and Territories of Australia are required to renew their registration by this date. The only exception to this is...