National Call for New Clinical Training Proposals

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14 May 2010

Proposals are being sought to drive a new wave of clinical training opportunities throughout Australia.

Rudd Government funding of $139 million will be available to support clinical training studies for eligible health professions during the 2011 academic year.

Advertisements will appear from tomorrow, Saturday 15 May, in all major daily newspapers calling for new proposals from universities, non-government health and aged care providers, as well as the providers of government funded health and aged care services.

The call for new proposals is led by Health Workforce Australia – the new agency established as part of the historic 2008 COAG partnership agreement, with a record $1.6 billion in workforce investments. The Australian Government has committed $1.1 billion to the partnership, with the balance coming from state and territory government contributions.

Priority will be given to develop clinical training capacity in areas of existing professional, as well as geographic health workforce shortages, including for rural and remote settings, mental health, aged care and dental health.

Proposals should support the clinical training needs of the 24 different health professions agreed to by the Australian, state and territory Ministers, including such disciplines as Indigenous health, speech pathology, nursing, medical, midwifery, dentistry and allied oral health.

Investing in new clinical training places is a vital element of the Rudd Government’s plan to build a National Health and Hospitals Network and to deliver better health outcomes for all Australians.

This week’s Budget confirmed $640 million in funding to deliver training places for an additional 5,500 GPs, as well as 680 medical specialists and 5,400 pre-vocational general practice program training places over the next decade.

And in a landmark boost for local front-line primary care in Australia, the Government committed $390.3 million over four years to support the provision of an estimated 4,600 full-time practice nurses in GP surgeries.

Together, these measures will help tackle doctor and health professional shortages in communities throughout Australia, and will expand the capacity and quality of our health system.

For more information about the Clinical Training Funding Initiative visit www.hwa.gov.au

For all media inquiries, please contact the Minister's Office on 02 6277 7220.