Nursing and Midwifery provide advice on professional nursing and midwifery issues and on policy issues, monitor policy implementation, manage state-wide nursing and midwifery initiatives, represent the NSW Ministry of Health on various committees and allocate funding for nursing and midwifery initiatives.
The Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer (CNMO) is the professional link between the NSW Minister for Health, the Secretary of the Ministry of Health and the public, private and education sectors of the nursing and midwifery professions in NSW.