Rural & Remote Health Workforce Consultation Workshops

Event Date:

Tuesday, September 6, 2011 - 09:00

The development of Health Workforce Australia’s Rural and Remote Health Workforce Innovation and Reform (RRHWIR) Strategy will provide national guidance on future needs, reforms and initiatives to improve the health care services of those in rural and remote communities.

The RRHWIR Strategy will be informed by an extensive consultation process with stakeholders from the health and education sectors.

The consultation phase will be conducted throughout September and October 2011 in the 19 metropolitan, regional, rural and remote locations listed below:

Adelaide - Tuesday 6th September 2011
Port Augusta - Wednesday 7th September 2011
Canberra - Thursday 8th September 2011
Warrnambool - Monday 12th September 2011
Albury-Wodonga - Wednesday 14th September 2011
Melbourne - Thursday 15th September 2011
Weipa - Monday 19th September 2011
Mackay - Wednesday 21st September 2011
Brisbane - Thursday 22nd September 2011
Hobart - Monday 26th September 2011
Launceston - Wednesday 28th September 2011
Sydney - Thursday 29th September 2011
Dubbo - Friday 3rd September 2011
Katherine - Monday 1st October 2011
Darwin - Wednesday 12th October 2011
Alice Springs - Friday 14th October 2011
Kalgoorlie - Monday 17th October 2011
Perth - Tuesday 18th October 2011
Geraldton - Thursday 2nd October 2011

To participate in a consultation session, and for more information on the RRHWIR Strategy, please visit the Rural and Remote Health Workforce Innovation and Reform Strategy pages.

Also available on the RRHWIR Strategy pages are:

Draft Background Paper
Summary Draft Background Paper
Consultation Workshop agenda
Instructions and template for providing written submissions

Background

The RRHWIR Strategy will be a complementary document to Health Workforce Australia’s National Health Workforce Innovation and Reform Strategic Framework for Action and the National Training Plan. It will seek to:

promote better utilisation of existing workforce;
support optimal use of skills and workforce adaptability;
build workforce capacity for responding and adapting to changing demands in rural and remote communities.