$12.1m Funding Boost for WA Healthcare Clinical Training
The Australian Government has boosted the future of health in Western Australia by enhancing the long term sustainability of the State’s health workforce through increased training opportunities.
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14 April 2010
The Rudd Government today boosted the future of health in Western Australia by enhancing the long term sustainability of the State’s health workforce through increased training opportunities.
Up to $12.1 million will be provided to support additional clinical training places for health students at local universities ensuring they have access to top-quality facilities and the clinical training necessary to complete their qualifications.
The grants will fund training opportunities ranging from mental health training in private settings to multidisciplinary placements in remote general practices and rural hospitals.
In total, this $12.1 million funding boost will support approximately 2,200 additional annual clinical training placements for students currently enrolled in medical, nursing, psychology, social work, dental, pharmacy, podiatry, chiropractic studies as well as a range of other disciplines.
Among the institutions to benefit from this investment will be the University of Western Australia, which will receive up to $2.5 million to implement multidisciplinary clinical training placements in ambulatory and aged care settings across Perth.
This funding will provide for approximately 410 additional placements for medicine, nursing, social work, physiotherapy, pharmacy and other students, in conjunction with local health providers, North Metropolitan Health Service, Silver Chain, Brightwater Care Inc and the Curtin University of Technology.
Other institutions to share in the additional $12.1 million in funding for Western Australia under the Government’s Increased Clinical Training Capacity grants include Edith Cowan University, Pioneer Health Albany, and the Combined Universities Centre for Rural and Remote Health. Details are attached.
The Rudd Government is providing up to $67.5 million in Increased Clinical Training Capacity grants for 65 projects across Australia.
A key factor in the Rudd Government’s health reform plans is increased investment in training to tackle health workforce shortages, expand capacity and deliver a better health and hospital network.
Media contact: Lisa Sedgwick, Parliamentary Secretary’s Office, 0421 444 959
| Lead Organisation | Partner Organisation | Project Description | Location/s | Funding |
| Department of Health (WA) | Aramdale & Bunbury Hospitals, Curtin & Edith Cowan Universities and the University of WA | Placements in smaller public hospitals and provision of interdisciplinary mentoring, teaching and supervision. Additional placements: 40 medical, 40 nursing and 20 allied health. | Armadale & Bunbury | $200,000 |
| Curtin University of Technology | WAGPET, University of Notre Dame, Marr Mooditj Foundation, Health Integra Pty Ltd | Expansion of interprofessional clinical training placements across a range of settings. Additional placements: 649 students across disciplines | Bentley | $886,000 |
| The Marian Centre | University of Notre Dame & Curtin University of Technology | Establishment of multidisciplinary mental health training placements. Additional placements: 140 nursing and 120 medical students | Wembley | $390,000 |
| Charles Sturt University | Statewide Aboriginal Mental Health Service, WA, Ngunnawal Local Aboriginal Land Council | Establishment of the Djirruwang Outreach Program to provide Indigenous mental health clinical placements for Indigenous students within their local area. Additional placements: 10 students | Claremont & Kumunurra | $345,000 |
| Ramsay Health Care Limited | Edith Cowan University | Establishment of clinical placements during alternative shifts in private hospitals in Western Australia. Additional placements: 254 nursing students | Joondalup, Hoolywood, Glengarry & Attadale | $824,000 |
| University of Notre Dame | Swan Kalamunda Health Service | Establishment of placements in a non-tertiary public hospital service in Middle Swan. Additional placements: 46 physiotherapy | Middle Swan | $260,000 |
| Edith Cowan University | Joondalup Health Campus, University of WA | Establishment of an integrated University Clinic which includes a Disease Management Unit. Additional placements 336 across disciplines | Joondalup | $4.25 m |
| Pioneer Health Albany | Uni WA, Curtin and Notre Dame | Establishment and expansion of supervision arrangements in rural general practice in Albany. Additional placements: 10 medical, 11 pharmacy, 8 nursing and 4 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers | Albany | $240,000 |
| University of Western Australia | North Metropolitan Health Service, Silver Chain | Establishment of multidisciplinary placements in ambulatory care settings. Additional placements: 32 medical and 50 nursing | Perth | $865,000 |
| University of Western Australia | Brightwater Care Inc, Curtin University of Technology | Establishment of multidisciplinary placements in residential care and community 'own home' settings. Additional placements: 48 medical, 120 nursing, 24 pharmacy, 12 social work, 54 physiotherapy, 36 occupational therapy and 36 speech therapy | Perth | $1.6 m |
| Combined Universities Centre for Rural Health (University of WA) | WA Country Health Service | Expansion of multidisciplinary training in Port Hedland and the Pilbara Region. Additional placements: 25 across disciplines | South Hedland | $494,000 |
| Combined Universities Centre for Rural Health (University of WA) | WA Country Health Service, St John of God | Establishment of a clinical training (telehealth) unit for medical, nursing, psychology, dentistry and allied health undergraduate students in Geraldton and midwest WA. Additional placements: 51 across disciplines | Geraldton | $1.75 m |
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