National Consistent Payments Framework

About the NCP framework

In February 2023, we introduced the National Consistent Payments (NCP) to provide financial support to Australian General Practice Training (AGPT) program participants:

supervisors
practices
registrars.

Salary Support payments to AGPT registrars training in Aboriginal Medical Services are also delivered through the NCP framework.

The NCP framework is designed to reduce red tape, promote accountability, enhance transparency and consistency in GP training payments. This benefits supervisors, practices, and registrars while also attracting medical doctors to regional, rural and remote area.

Updates from semester 2, 2025

We have updated all NCP documents to provide clarity around training terms and support payments.

NCP Framework commencing Semester 2, 2025
NCP Guidelines commencing Semester 2, 2025

The updates were made in consultation with the GP colleges. This will give AGPT participants a better understanding of how fair and equitable full-time equivalent payments are calculated. This includes:

pro-rata payments for registrars training part-time
payments for registrars training across multiple MM locations
case scenarios to show how payments are calculated
a glossary to explain the terminology used in GP training.

Note: For registrars training in different MM locations in a training term, the updates may result in separate payments rather than one payment in advance.

For current participants please contact your college to learn how the changes from semester 2, 2025 may impact your payments. Colleges may also support you further through their flexible payments policy.

Modified Monash Model (MM) reclassifications

The MM geographical classification for 17 locations Australia wide has changed, as announced by Minister Butler Strengthening Medicare: more doctors and larger Medicare payments for dozens of communities. These locations have become more rural, improving some NCP participant’s eligibility for higher payments (for example, some MM1 locations have been reclassified to MM2). Please use the Health Workforce Locator to check the MM classification of your current training location.

Colleges will apply the relevant changes to payments at the start of semester 2, 2025.

Updates from semester 1, 2026

Further updates to the NCP Framework and Guidelines will be published prior to 1 January 2026. Some of the changes you can look out for include indexation to be applied to all NCP payments for registrars, supervisors, practices, and practice salary support.

How to apply for NCP payments

Eligibility for payments are assessed by the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) and the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP). They use the NCP framework to determine the payments for participants. Services Australia make the payments on behalf of Health.

In addition to the payments made by Services Australia, the colleges can make additional support payments under a flexible payments pool to support participants in rural and remote areas.

Learn how to register on the Services Australia online payment system to receive payments under the NCP framework. Read the NCP guidelines and the NCP fact sheet.

Stakeholder consultation

To prepare for the start of the college-led AGPT program and NCP payments in 2023, stakeholder consultation was carried out through a series of workshops. The stakeholders included: