These guide­lines are an impor­tant step in the ongo­ing jour­ney to improve safe­ty for our remote and iso­lat­ed health pro­fes­sion­als. Their impact will only be felt when they are used to improve the poli­cies, pro­ce­dures, train­ing and behav­iours of our indus­try. Devel­oped fol­low­ing an exten­sive con­ver­sa­tion with­in our indus­try, review­ing of avail­able lit­er­a­ture and the input of a diverse, nation­al expert advi­so­ry group, all made pos­si­ble with the sup­port and fund­ing from the Com­mon­wealth Depart­ment of Health and our Min­is­ter at the time, Sen­a­tor Fiona Nash.