1.5: Health Workforce Strategy

Address the demands on the health workforce in the interest of improving the number of workers and the flexibility, distribution and responsiveness of the workforce.

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The ACT Government has been working unilaterally and through the Council of Australian Governments to address the demands on the health workforce in the interest of improving the number of workers and the flexibility, distribution and responsiveness of the workforce. At a national level the focus has been on undergraduate and clinical training, national accreditation and registration. The ACT Government will adapt its ACT Health Workforce Plan 2005-2010 as appropriate. It will continue to look for alternative pathways for health professionals to participate in the workforce, to facilitate workforce innovations that are safe and effective, and to ensure that education and training arrangements are responsive and that future workforce requirement projections are comprehensive and reliable. The General Practice Work in Canberra Campaign will be continued. Funding has also been provided for the design of a new Health Skills Development Centre on the Canberra Hospital campus to provide specialised skills training for medical, nursing, midwifery, allied health and technical and clerical staff.

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