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
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.
Factors affecting the supply of health services and medical professionals in rural areas
This document presents the Australian Government response to the Senate Community Affairs References Committee report: The factors affecting the supply of health services and medical professionals in rural areas.
Incentives and support for GPs and general practices in Modified Monash 7 locations
The Modified Monash (MM) fact sheet for category MM 7 covers very remote communities.
Incentives and support for GPs and general practices in Modified Monash 6 locations
The Modified Monash (MM) fact sheet for category MM 6 covers remote communities.