About doctors and specialists
What doctors and specialists are and how they access Medicare.
What we do
How we support doctors and specialists, including international practitioners.
Doctors and specialists in Australia
Facts and figures about doctors and specialists, and how to work as one.
Education and support
How to become qualified, find a job and get support.
National Medical Workforce Strategy
The National Medical Workforce Strategy guides long-term medical workforce planning across Australia. This 10-year strategy will improve access to health care by supporting the right people to have the right skills, where we need them most.
Resources
Resources
Working Better for Medicare Review – Final report and appendices
This review examined how effective our current health workforce ‘distribution levers’ are. These levers consist of policies and geographic classifications that are intended to distribute health workforce across areas that need them most. Read the report and its appendices.
Administration of registration and notification by the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation
This document presents the Australian Government response to the Senate Community Affairs References Committee report on Administration of registration and notification by the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency and related entities under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law.
FNGPTC communique – 21 June 2024
This communique summarises the discussions and decisions by the First Nations General Practice Training Committee (FNGPTC) at its 21 June 2024 meeting.
Frequently asked questions for applicants – Private Hospital Stream (PHS) – Expression of Interest (EOI) Internships 2024
These FAQs provide more information to applicants applying for Postgraduate Year (PGY) 1 funded places under the 2024 PHS EOI recruitment process.