Access to an appropriately skilled and available workforce is
vital to the delivery of effective health services in Victoria.
The Department of Human Service's involvement with the health workforce
includes:
Area of Need Forum - On 23 June 2008 the Department of Human Services held a forum to discuss the development and application of the Area of Need policy in Victoria.
Area of Need forum -
Discussion paper - 2008 (PDF file 177KB)
Area of Need forum -
Forum notes - 2008 (PDF file 116KB)
Planning for growth in the
Victorian medical workforce - June 2008 (PDF file 127KB)
Better
Skills, Best Care Stage 1 Report - November 2007 (PDF 1.04mb)
Recruitment of international health care professionals to Victoria
- strategic directions 2007-10
- Information, fact sheets and applications forms for international medical graduates (IMGs) and allied health professionals (AHPs).
Strengthening Medical Specialist Training Program - 2008
- Information about the program and application forms for 2008 funding.
Medical Scoping Report Update July 2007
- At the COAG meeting in July 2006, Victoria secured substantial increases in the number of undergraduate places in medicine, nursing and allied health.
Region of Choice
- a recruitment and support service for health professionals in regional Victoria
Health Professions Registration Act 2005
- the Act
came into operation on 1 July 2007 and repealed the eleven separate health practitioner registration Acts previously in operation. The Act ensures that Victoria continues to be protected by the most efficient and up to date registration system for consumers and professionals alike, and positions Victoria for planned national health workforce reforms.
The Better Skills Best Care (BSBC) resource kit is now online!
- contains information for Health Services on implementing roles piloted through Stage One of BSBC.