Department of Health and Aged Care: About the Home Care Workforce Support Program

This media release from The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) explores the government’s new incentives to boost advanced health services in regional communities. The RACGP welcomed the inclusion of a broad range of disciples and services that could be delivered by GPs to communities outside the cities. Payments were available to eligible GPs and rural generalists under the Workforce Incentives Program, and the initiatives help to alleviate workforce shortages.

Registrations are now open to attend the 2024 GP Practice Owners Conference, which will be hosted at the Cairns Convention Centre in Queensland on Friday 24 - Sunday 26 May 2024. This is a Practice Owners Masterclass connecting like-minded GP practice owners and managers from around Australia. The conference will feature engaging and insightful presentations on the future of practice ownership, finance tips and tricks, and case studies.

The latest ABS statistics: the proportion of Health Care and Social Assistance businesses reporting vacancies continues to trend downward. Job vacancy volumes are still high compared to pre-pandemic years, but the rate of growth is slowing. Strong quarterly gains for total jobs, filled jobs and employees demonstrates continued resilience in the sector despite contractions and rising unemployment in other industries.

Read our report which summarises key information and statistics from the latest Medical Training Survey (MTS), which helps to measure the current demographics, workload, training quality, professional satisfaction, and future intentions of Doctors in Training in Australia. We look at current trends by comparing the latest MTS results to the last 5 years.