Have your say - Proposed Guidelines for Privately Practising Nurses – NMBA Consultation

The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners will open applications for the 2025 Australian General Practice Training (AGPT) Program between 4 March – 15 April 2024. Info session webinars will run between Thursday 7 March – Thurs 2 May. Request a program guide, register to attend an info session, or find out more regarding eligibility, financial subsidies and training locations.

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.

NSW Health added 3,000+ workers between Feb 2023 and Feb 2024, marking the largest annual increase since early last year. The government backs measures to support and strengthen the workforce, including study subsidies for 2,030 new and graduating NSW healthcare students, safe staffing reforms, more funding for permanent roles, pay increases and salary packages for health workers, and the roll-out of 500 extra paramedics in rural and remote areas.

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.