National Lymphoedema Practitioners Register (NLPR)

These practitioners fulfil the accreditation and registration requirements of the ALA. For more information about these requirements please refer to the NLPR Guidelines - download here.

 

The objectives of the NLPR are to:

• Maintain and promotion of professional standards of practice for lymphoedema management.
• Maintain a current register of lymphoedema practitioners. To find a practitioner in your area, follow this link 
• Distribute the register to health professionals, consumers, health insurance companies, and other interested persons.
• Assist lymphoedema organisations, consumers and lymphoedema therapists to advocate for better health insurance rebates for lymphoedema treatment.
• Enable the ALA to provide government bodies with current information on varying access to lymphoedema treatment across the regions.
• Encourage collaborative lymphoedema research and a better understanding of the prevalence of lymphoedema in Australia and New Zealand.