Who can join?

Nurses & Midwives Health is the only health fund exclusively for members of the nursing and midwifery communities and their families. Membership is open to anyone in the nursing and midwifery community, including a person who is, or was, any of the following:

• a registered nurse or midwife
• an enrolled nurse
• a nurse practitioner
• a psychiatric nurse
• a mothercraft nurse
• an assistant in nursing or an assistant in midwifery
• a nursing student undergoing training or student nurse or trainee enrolled nurse
• employees, however described or titled, employed to provide or assist in the provision of nursing care or nursing services or both

In addition, family members of eligible members are also able to join Nurses & Midwives Health

Current/former nurse or midwife

To join Nurses & Midwives Health, you need to be a current or former member or associate member of any of the following nursing/midwifery unions:
•    NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association
•    Australian Nursing & Midwifery Federation (Victorian Branch)
•    Queensland Nurses’ Union
•    Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (SA Branch)
•    Australian Nursing Federation (WA Branch)
•    Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ACT Branch)
•    Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (Tasmanian Branch)
•    Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (NT Branch)

Family members

Nurses & Midwives Health also invites the family members of eligible members to join, including:

•    Current or former spouse/partner
•    Dependant children
•    Adult children (or their partner or dependant child)
•    Siblings (or their partner or dependant child)
•    Parents
•    Grandchildren