DVA Community Nursing Program
The Department of Veterans’ Affairs (DVA) provides entitled veterans and war widow/widowers (entitled persons) with access to a range of quality health care and related services, including community nursing services, at DVA’s expense. DVA provides access to community nursing services to meet an entitled person’s assessed clinical and/or personal care needs in their own home under the DVA Community Nursing Program.
Veteran Mental Health Training for Community Nurses
Mental health is important for the veteran and ex-service community as mental health issues may arise from military experience.
vetAWARE is a veteran mental health training package developed and being delivered for the Department’s contracted community nurses by Lifeline Australia.
The training is free and focuses on the mental health issues of veterans, war widow(er)s and former and current service members. The training has been endorsed by the Royal College of Nursing Australia and offers 10 Continuing Nursing Education points and Continuing Professional Development (CPD).
For more information about the training or to register for training visit Lifeline
Provision of community nursing services
DVA tenders for the provision of community nursing services across Australia to form a Panel of DVA-contracted community nursing providers to deliver community nursing services.
Community Nursing Guidelines
The Guidelines for the provision of community nursing services (Community Nursing Guidelines) outline the DVA-contracted community nursing provider’s clinical and administrative requirements under their contract with DVA.
Classification System and Schedule Fees
Previous Classification System and Schedule of Fees
- Classification System and Schedule of Item Numbers and Fees - Community Nursing Services - 1 January 2011 - 1 May 2011 Update (PDF 121 KB) (Excel 102 KB)
Other Community Nursing Guides and useful information
Coordinated Veterans Care Program
For further information relating to Community Nursing CVC Care Coordination, go to
Community Nursing CVC Care Coordination FAQs.
For information on the CVC Program go to The Coordinated Veterans' Care Program page on the DVA website.
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