The Pharmacy Guild of Australia: New Career Paths Report and Workforce Survey Results

The Health Workforce Update brings you the latest health and medical job vacancy statistics and labour force insights. The Internet Vacancy Index recorded month-on-month declines in health and medical job ads, with Medical Practitioner job ads falling by 12.33%. However, workforce demand remains robust with whole sector job listings up by 9.6% year-on-year and job ads for Medical Practitioners and some Allied Health Professions over 20% higher than a year earlier.

The Commonwealth Government is developing a National Nursing Workforce Strategy which aims to address workforce challenges and support the nursing profession in Australia. In late 2023 they consulted with many nurses and providers to identify issues facing the nursing workforce. The Australian College of Nursing published its response, providing recommendations to improve nursing conditions, workforce retention, and service delivery in Aged Care and rural and remote health.

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.

The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners’ News GP runs a weekly poll to gauge GP perspectives on various topics of interest. In this article, we provide a summary of poll results for last year - exploring what mattered to general practice in 2023, and the challenges that are set to continue in 2024 and beyond.