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Workforce Insights: July 2025

Date published
21 Jul 2025
Description
In this issue, we share how your College is actively advocating for a better-resourced and more sustainable healthcare system. From high-level meetings with health ministers and policy submissions to the NSW Healthcare Funding Inquiry and Productivity Commission, to ensuring Medicare and prescribing standards better reflect specialist practice, our advocacy work is tackling the workforce pressures and system inefficiencies affecting you and your patients. We also highlight the critical work of our State, Territory and Aotearoa New Zealand Committees in addressing local challenges, including rural workforce shortages, specialist access, and physician wellbeing.

Workforce Insights: April 2025

Date published
15 Apr 2025
Description
In this issue, we highlight key advocacy and policy initiatives supporting the physician workforce, including new documents in development and efforts to embed wellbeing and a positive culture across healthcare. We address national workforce pressures, as seen in NSW, and outline recent Australian Federal Budget wins. Updates include our 2025 Election Statement, Medicare compliance priorities, and advocacy in Aotearoa New Zealand for better administrative support. We also cover ongoing work to manage medication shortages and report on recent meetings with health ministers in Queensland and Tasmania. Finally, we share our Western Australian Election Statement, calling for a stronger, healthier medical workforce.

Workforce Insight: January 2025

Date published
21 Jan 2025
Description
In today's edition of Workforce Insight, we share a range of key issues around the Medical Board of Australia’s proposal for health checks aimed at late-career doctors in our recent submission. You can also read the feedback received in our recent Your Workforce, Your Say survey and focus groups. Find out more about our Queensland election statement and more.

Workforce Insight: August 2024

Date published
26 Aug 2024
Description
In today’s edition of Workforce Insight, we highlight key issues such as the RACP’s stance on streamlining IMG approvals, supporting rural generalists, and evaluating physician assistants. We also discuss our involvement in policy reviews like the Kruk and NHPO reports to ensure patient safety, quality training, and transparency.
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