About the rural health workforce
Find out about the status of the rural health workforce in Australia.
What we do
How we support the rural health workforce with policies and programs.
Stronger Rural Health Strategy
Read about our 10-year strategy to improve the health of people in rural Australia.
Rural health workforce programs
See a list of our programs to help health professionals in remote and rural locations.
Did you know?
7 million
Australians live in remote and regional areas
3,000
extra doctors and nurses will be working in rural areas by 2028
240
is the number of rotations into rural primary care settings that we fund for junior doctors each year
Resources
Resources
Rural Procedural Grants Program guidelines
These guidelines outline how the Rural Procedural Grants Program works, who is eligible, and roles and responsibilities.
Changes to previous DPA (for GPs) classification – 2021
This spreadsheet provides tabulated data on changes to previous Distribution Priority Areas (DPA) for GPs.
All DPA (for GPs) classifications – 2021
This spreadsheet provides tabulated data on all Distribution Priority Areas (DPA) for GPs.
Changes to previous DWS (for specialists) classifications – 2021
This spreadsheet provides tabulated data on changes to previous District of Workforce Shortage (DWS) for specialists.