National Health Workforce CollaborationLinks
Department of Health and Ageing
www.health.gov.au
ACT Health
www.health.act.gov.au
Queensland Health
www.health.qld.gov.au
NSW Health
www.health.nsw.gov.au
Department of Health, South Australia
www.health.sa.gov.au
Department of Health and Human Services, Tasmania
www.dhhs.tas.gov.au/
Department of Health and Families, Northern Territory
www.health.nt.gov.au
Department of Human Services, Victoria
www.dhs.vic.gov.au
Victorian Government Health Information
www.health.vic.gov.au
VicHealth - Victorian health promotion foundation
www.vichealth.vic.gov.au
Department of Health, Western Australia
www.health.wa.gov.au
Australian websites
Australian Health Workforce Officials Committee (AHWOC)
The Health Workforce Principal Committee (HWPC) (formerly AHWOC)
The Health Workforce Principal Committee (HWPC) provides a forum for reaching agreement on key national level health workforce issues requiring government collaborative action and provides advice on health workforce issues to the Australian Health Ministers' Advisory Council (AHMAC).
Department of Health and Ageing - Workforce advice to medical practitioners
Information for medical practitioners on workforce issues, including information for Australian doctors wanting to study in the USA, and information on Medicare provider number eligibility for medical practitioners without postgraduate qualifications and overseas trained doctors.
Department of Family Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (Australia)
FaCSIA is responsible for social policies and support affecting Australian society and the living standards of Australian families.
Commonwealth Disability Strategy (Australia)
A strategic framework for inclusion and participation by people
with disabilities in Government policies, programs and services.
Office of Rural Health (Australia)
The Commonwealth Government's rural health website for health professionals,
service providers, rural communities and consumers. The Office
of Rural Health (ORH) is part of the Federal Department of Health
and Ageing and is part of the Health Services Improvement Division.
ORH has responsibility for advising on general rural health strategies
and for delivering a range of targeted activities to improve
the health and well being of Australians living in regional,
rural and remote localities.
Primary Health Care Research & Information
Service (Australia)
PHC RIS contributes to improved policy and practice, by increasing
the exchange of information about Australian general practice
and primary health care research, evaluation and development
between researchers, practitioners, policy makers, and consumer
organisations. Australian policy makers, researchers, Divisions
of General Practice, practitioners, consumers and other stakeholders,
use PHC RIS information services.
National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission
NSW Department of Health
The NSW Department of Health is responsible for ensuring that the people of NSW are provided with the best possible health care. The Department monitors the performance of the NSW public health system and supports the statutory role of the NSW Minister for Health.
SA Department of Health
The SA Department of Health is committed to protecting and improving the health of all South Australians by providing leadership in health reform, policy development and planning. We believe in health for all, with a focus on well being, illness prevention, early intervention and quality care.
West Australian Public Sector Workforce Planning Toolkit
This web site provides information to CEO's and HR Professionals
in the Western Australian public sector to develop a workforce
planning process to effectively balance current and future requirements
of both their employees and Agency outcomes.
Workforce Data/Statistics
Australian Bureau of Statistics (Australia)
The Australian Bureau of Statistics is Australia's official statistical
organisation. ABS assists decision-making, research and discussion
within governments and the community, by providing a high quality,
objective and responsive national statistical service.
AIHW - Labour Force (Australia)
This site provides information relating to the workforce in health
and community services occupations in Australia. Information
of this nature assists workforce planning, which in turn is critical
to providing an adequate and suitably distributed workforce around
Australia.
Australian Workplace - Labour Market Info (including Skills
Shortages)
This site will help you find information on employment, workplace
relations, government assistance, jobs, careers, training and wages
in Australia. Look under Labour Market Information for Skill Shortages
and Vacancy Trends
Recognition of Overseas Qualifications
Skilled Migration Unit (Victoria)
This is the website of the Victorian Government's Skilled Migration
Unit (SMU). The SMU was established specifically to help skilled
migrants make their move to Victoria as smooth as possible and
prepare them for joining Victoria's workforce. They also help
Victorian employers access a range of services to find skilled
overseas professionals where suitable staff cannot be recruited
or trained locally.
Overseas Trained Doctors
General Information for Overseas Trained Doctors wishing to practice
Medicine in Australia
Australian Medical Council (AMC)
AMC is a national standards advisory body for medical education
and training in Australia.
Australian Dental Council
The Australian Dental Council advises on the accreditation of education
courses leading to a dental qualification, the assessment of
the suitability for practice in Australia of persons with overseas
dental qualifications, occupational regulation and uniform criteria
for recognition of qualifications for registration.
International
World Health Organization (WHO) Human Resource Planning
The World Health Organization is the United Nations' specialised
agency for health. WHO's objective, is the attainment by all
peoples of the highest possible level of health. This page provides
links to technical papers, policy documents, reports of meetings
and other information resources on issues related to the health
workforce.
Worldwide Governments on the WWW (International)
Comprehensive database of governmental institutions on the World
Wide Web: parliaments, ministries, offices, law courts, embassies,
city councils, public broadcasting corporations, central banks,
multi-governmental institutions etc. Includes also political
parties.
Government Disability Departments (International)
Links to disability related government web sites in Australia and
around the world.
New Zealand
Health Workforce Advisory Committee (New Zealand)
The role of the Committee is to advise the New Zealand Minister
of Health on health workforce issues.
North America (USA & Canada)
Public Health Improvement Partnership (PHIP) (USA)
The Public Health Improvement Partnership guides the development
and implementation of a plan for collaborative action to bring
about improved health in all the communities of Washington State.
National Centre for Health Workforce Analysis (USA)
The National Centre for Health Workforce Analysis assesses the
United State's supply and demand for a health care workforce
and analyses the effect of changes in the health care system.
American Public Human Services Association (USA)
Information and news relating to the publicly run human services
organisations in the United States
California HealthCare Foundation (USA)
The California HealthCare Foundation, based in Oakland, is an independent
philanthropy committed to improving California's health care
delivery and financing systems. CHCF tackles issues within the
health care industry that impact workers that are key to the
delivery of care.
Health Care Network Health Human Resources (Canada)
This site brings together materials addressing a range of health
human resources issues, including physician supply, medical licensure,
and mobility and training of health service providers.
Commission on the Future of Health Care (Canada)
An organisation working toward making recommendations to ensure
the sustainability of a universally accessible, publicly funded
health system, that offers quality services to Canadians and
strikes an appropriate balance between investments in prevention
and health maintenance and those directed to care and treatment.
United Kingdom & Ireland
NHS Human Resources Directorate Changing Workforce Program
(UK)
The NHS Plan highlighted the need to look at new ways of working
to improve patient care and ensure good use of skills. This in
turn will help with the plans to increase staff numbers, by ensuring
greater job satisfaction.
Healthcare Workforce Development Portal (UK)
This portal has been developed in partnership with Department of
Health, Workforce Development Confederations (WDCs), Postgraduate
Departments of Medicine and Dentistry (Deaneries) and Newcastle
University. The site is aimed at providing information, support
and development to WDCs, Deaneries, Strategic Health Authorities
and the wider health community who are planning the future workforce
of the NHS.
NHS Modernisation Agency (UK)
The NHS Modernisation Agency exists to help NHS staff and their
partner organisations to improve services for patients. The Agency
works in close partnership with Strategic Health Authorities
to align its work to local priorities and commits funding, resources
and expertise to local modernisation objectives.
King's Fund (UK)
The King's Fund is an independent charitable foundation whose goal
is to improve health, especially in London.
NHS National Workforce Unit (Scotland)
Workforce Development is about getting the right people with the
right skills to be in the right places at the right time. It
is crucial to securing the workforce for NHSScotland in the short,
medium and long-term. It is integral to the successful reform
of health services in Scotland and to the improvement of patient
care.
Towards Workforce Planning - A Report To Ensure Future Supply
of Nurses (Ireland)
The report is the result of three and a half years extensive study.
It describes the detailed analysis undertaken and charts the paths
necessary for the production of incisive workforce plans.
