Focus on the Future – GP workforce in the ACT and NSW
22 September 2022
The ACT and NSW Primary Health Networks (PHN) will play a key role in the distribution of the GP trainee workforce after being awarded a grant through the Australian Government’s Health Workforce Program.
The consortium of the ACT and 10 NSW PHNs will provide advice on the priority locations for GP training placements to meet current and future GP workforce needs, through the Australian General Practice Training (AGPT) Program GP Workforce Planning and Prioritisation grant.
The AGPT Program trains doctors in general practice to allow them work as GPs anywhere in Australia. The three to four-year training program offers 1,500 training places each year under a competitive merit-based process. It is delivered by the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) and the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP).
Wentworth Healthcare is the provider of the Nepean Blue Mountains PHN. Wentworth Healthcare CEO, Lizz Reay, said the work would make a vital contribution to the future of GP training that will be delivered by the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) and the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) from February 2023.
"Our advice will inform the distribution of the GP trainee workforce and support the transition to college-led GP training. It will enable greater visibility of training opportunities, and support GP trainees to undertake their training and gain the skills needed to meet the community’s health requirements,” she said.
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