International Health Professionals

Health Workforce Australia (HWA) is leading the development of a sustainable, flexible and innovative Australian health workforce for the future.  

HWA's report Health Workforce 2025 Doctors, Nurses and Midwives found that Australia will continue to rely upon the contribution of international health professionals in to the future to help meet the healthcare needs for all Australians. 

Health Workforce 2025 recommends that HWA takes a multi-pronged approach that addresses workforce supply, education, training, immigration, productivity, demand, role re-design, workforce capacity and distribution. 

With these objectives in mind, HWA's international health professionals (IHP) work group has commenced a range of projects and programs that intend to:

• Support a streamlined approach to the attraction, placement and retention of international health professionals.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of current measures and develop policy options to achieve improved distribution of health professionals to areas where they are needed the most.
• Reduce red tape, deliver more health professionals, more quickly and efficiently into practice.
• Reflect the principles of ethical recruitment and ethical integration of international health professionals into practice. 

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