Rural and Remote Health Workforce Innovation & Reform Strategy

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 a complementary document to Health Workforce Australia’s National Health Workforce Innovation and Reform Strategic Framework for Action and the Health Workforce 2025 (formerly known as 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.

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

A consultation phase was conducted throughout September and October 2011 in 19 metropolitan, regional, rural and remote locations.

Background Paper

The Draft Background Paper is available to download in pdf format:

• Rural and Remote Health Workforce Innovation and Reform Strategy Draft Background Paper (.pdf)
• Summary Draft Background Paper (.pdf)

Written submissions

Written submissions closed on Friday 28 October 2011.

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