Housing shortage affecting aged care workforce

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This Media and News item from the Department of Health and Aged Care is notifying Bachelor of Nursing students of the opportunity to apply for high-quality clinical placements in the aged care sector through the Aged Care Nursing Clinical Placements Program. It provides links to further information, including application details and requirments.

This media release from the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) welcomes the Department of Health's support in adapting digital assignment of benefit forms for GPs undertaking bulk-billed telehealth consultations. This change will allow for better integration into general practice software and enable forms to be uploaded and pre-populated with patients’ details.

This article provides a good summary of an article published in The Australian: Staffing reforms trigger surge in aged care shutdowns. It refers to a model created by a coalition of academics from the University of Melbourne, University of the Sunshine Coast and Monash University, which shows the nation is on track to experience deep workforce shortages in the aged care sector, as more aged care facilities close down and government nursing reforms place extra strain on the sector.