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The National Rural Health Commissioner with the Council of Presidents of Medical Colleges are supporting positive changes to entry to non-GP specialty training. These changes will create a clearer pathway for doctors intending to practise in rural areas.

The National Rural Health Commissioner’s Statement of Intent is now available.

This annual report covers the commissioner’s activities from 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024. It includes key highlights and priorities of the office.

From 1 April 2025, residential aged care providers will collect data on 3 new staffing quality indicators. These make sure we measure the valuable input of enrolled nurses, allied health professionals and lifestyle officers.

The Australian Government’s Statement of Expectations for the National Rural Health Commissioner is now available.

We are looking for in-home aged care providers to take part in a pilot to test quality indicators.

The Office of the National Rural Health Commissioner (ONRHC) and the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS) held a National Rural Surgeons’ Training and Retention Workshop in February 2024. The summary and outcomes paper from the workshop is now available.

We’re looking for volunteers to take part in one-hour online focus groups to get feedback on the aged care quality indicators.

Professor Jenny May AM appointed Australia’s National Rural Health Commissioner.

We are expanding the National Aged Care Mandatory Quality Indicator Program into in-home aged care. Public consultation is now open to decide on the new quality indicators. Find out how to have your say.

This annual report covers the commissioner’s activities from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023. It includes key highlights, priority areas and their focus for the future.

The Ngayubah Gadan Consensus Statement is a unified call from rural and remote health stakeholders to support, fund and enable Rural and Remote Multidisciplinary Health Teams to deliver high quality care to the communities they serve. 

The Australian Government has announced the National Rural and Remote Nursing Generalist Framework. The framework supports registered nurses to work to their full ability in rural and remote healthcare settings.

The Office of the National Rural Health Commissioner would like to pay our respects to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people across Australia.

We have written feedback for those who applied for our second round of grants under the Primary care Rural Innovative Multidisciplinary Models (PRIMM) grant opportunity. This will assist them in submitting an application in the next round.

On 1 June 2021, more than 90 stakeholders from all over Australia gathered in Queenstown, Tasmania to discuss service and learning consortia for allied health.