Role
MWAC seeks to match medical workforce planning to the needs of communities by contributing to decisions about:
- the size and structure of the medical workforce
- the number and distribution of university places in medicine
- specialty training numbers
- policies on migration of health professionals to Australia
- workforce distribution.
MWAC also:
- identifies, discusses and advises on emerging medical workforce issues
- provides advice and recommendations on other matters referred by the Health Workforce Taskforce.
This work includes the implementation of the National Medical Workforce Strategy.
Membership
Members are appointed for periods of 3 years.
Membership will be rotated to ensure medical specialties and expertise continue to align with medical workforce priorities.
| Representation | Organisation |
| Chair | Associate Professor Mathew Coleman* |
| Chair | Ms Penny Shakespeare Deputy Secretary, Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care |
| Deputy chair | Professor Ruth Kearon* |
| Deputy chair | Ms Eliza Strapp First Assistant Secretary, Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care |
| Australian Government | Department of Health and Aged Care Australian Government Allied Health Officer Australian Government Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer |
| Jurisdictions | Australian Capital Territory New South Wales Northern Territory Queensland South Australia Tasmania Victoria Western Australia |
| Peak bodies and representative organisations | Australian Indigenous Doctors’ Association Australian Medical Association Council of Doctors in Training Australian Medical Association Australian Medical Council Australian Medical Students Association Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation Australian Private Hospital Association Australian Salaried Medical Officers’ Federation Confederation of Postgraduate Medical Education Councils Consumer Health Forum Councils Council of Presidents of Medical Colleges General Practice Registrars Australia Health Services’ Union Medical Board Australia Medical Deans Australia and New Zealand National Rural Health Alliance Rural Doctors Association of Australia United Workers Union |
| Specialist Medical Colleges | Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists Royal Australian College of General Practitioners Royal Australasian College of Physicians Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. |
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Meetings
MWAC will meet 4 times per year.
Communiques
Medical Workforce Advisory Collaboration (MWAC) – Communiques
This collection contains communiques from the Medical Workforce Advisory Collaboration.
Related committees or groups
MWAC provides its advice to government through the Health Workforce Taskforce.
It replaces the Medical Workforce Reform Advisory Committee.
Learn more
Read more about the National Medical Workforce Strategy (NMWS) 2021–2031 or subscribe to the mailing list.
Contact
Medical Workforce Advisory Collaboration contact
Contact us for more information on the Medical Workforce Advisory Collaboration.
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