Resources

These guidelines provide the background, principles, eligibility criteria and operational procedures of the More Doctors for Rural Australia Program. The guidelines assist Rural Workforce Agencies to administer the program.

A joint communiqué from the Commonwealth-New South Wales Bilateral Regional Health Forum.

A joint communiqué from the Commonwealth-New South Wales Bilateral Regional Health Forum.

These guidelines provide information about the Visas for GPs Program for agencies, applicants and rural workforce agencies.

This fact sheet describes what the Visas for GPs Program is and how it works.

This fact sheet describes what the Health Workforce Certificate Review Process is and how it works.

This page contains information on the National Strategic Framework for Rural and Remote Health.

Approved Multi-Purpose Service (MPS) providers must keep their information in the My Aged Care service provider portal up to date. This quick reference guide for administrator users of the portal covers how to add and update information in the portal.

Information about the Modified Monash Model geographical classification.

Approved aged care providers use this form to apply for the first 2 extensions of the provisional allocation period for residential or flexible care places.

Approved aged care providers use this form to apply to extend the provisional allocation period beyond 6 years from the date of allocation for residential or flexible care places.

Approved aged care providers use this form to apply to combine 2 or more residential aged care services into 1 Residential Aged Care Service (RACS) ID.

Approved aged care providers use this form to apply for a variation of a provisional allocation of places.

Approved aged care providers use this form to apply for a determination that you are in a position to provide residential or flexible care in respect of provisionally allocated places.

This framework will help inform decisions around lifting remote area travel restrictions in Australia.

The Australian Government response to the Multi-Purpose Services Program review recommendations.

A fact sheet about the Australian Government's response to the COVID-19 outbreak. This fact sheet is about measures to increase the capacity of remote communities to evacuate early cases, and enable an effective response if an outbreak occurs.

This review examines whether delivering aged care services in regional and remote areas through Multi-Purpose Services (MPS) is an effective model. It contains a number of recommendations for the program.

Information about the Distribution Priority Area geographical classification.

Infographic depicting number of additional doctors and nurses in rural, regional and remote Australia

Australian Government response to the Senate Community Affairs References Committee Inquiry: Accessibility and quality of mental health services in rural and remote Australia – April 2019

Find a Multi-Purpose Service that can deliver aged care services in rural and remote locations. Locations are marked on a map and also available as a list of street addresses within each state and territory.