Fee-free TAFE to help fix skills shortages in nursing and aged care

New accommodation units for healthcare staff are being installed at Finley Health Service, part of NSW's $45.3 million Key Worker Accommodation Program. The units, part of the broader $25 million Finley Health Service redevelopment, aim to improve recruitment by offering modern housing for workers. This initiative is being expanded across rural NSW. Read more here.

The Health Education and Training Institute (HETI), together with the Southern Sector Network, presents the 2nd General Medicine Trainee Conference, hosted by Wollongong Hospital on Saturday 23 November 2024, 8:30am – 5:35pm. Participants will look at case studies across perioperative medicine, obstetric medicine and complex medical care, and skill development workshops in vascular system, abdominal and chest ultrasound. $75 per person, register online here.

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More doctors have joined the Australian health system in the last two years than at any other time in the past decade. The 2022-23 cohort of 8,356 new doctors was the largest influx of new doctors in more than a decade, and that record was beaten in 2023-24, when 9,490 new doctors registered to practise. The boom in new doctors has been driven by record numbers of internationally qualified doctors moving to Australia.