Australia is awash with policies, but not the kind that would fix the workforce crisis. Here’s what would work instead.
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A modest increase in health funding is all that’s needed to save lives. That’s a big impact for the price of a fancy coffee.
Reassurance scans are marketed as a way to ‘give you peace of mind’ about your baby’s development. But often those doing the scans aren’t actually sonographers.
Doctor shortages affect rural communities the most, leading to a rise in chronic health conditions.
Here’s what the evidence says, and how they work overseas.
Some communities have too few GPs to ensure everyone can get the care they need, when they need it. Whoever wins the federal election should commit to fixing this.
New Zealand’s proportion of domestically-trained nurses has fallen to just over half, making it a global outlier. We urgently need a proper workforce strategy like Australia has now introduced.
The roles of health professionals such as nurses, physiotherapists and psychologists have been frozen for decades. A new review shows how this can change.
More Australians delay or skip dental care because of cost than their peers in most wealthy countries. Adding dental to Medicare wouldn’t be easy, but it would vastly improve Australians’ health.
The Australian College of Nursing wants to see school nurses weigh students and measure their hight. The plan has sparked anger among health professionals and parents. But what do the experts say?
Australia is recruiting more overseas-trained doctors to fill doctor shortages. But when a high-income country like Australia does this, we risk causing a ‘brain drain’ elsewhere.
We now have a sensible pathway to improve access to health care, using the skills of nurses, pharmacists and GPs appropriately.
A limited number of specialists are able to diagnose and treat ADHD, making it difficult to even start the process of getting diagnosed. Should GPs play a greater role?
Nurses make up more than 50% of the health workforce and have untapped and under-used skills that could ease the skills gap in our health system.
A new review of Australian health care workers’ scope of practice should focus on expanding pharmacists prescribing for stable conditions and long-term medications, under the direction of a GP.
Recruiting internationally educated health workers is a key part of Canada’s proposed solution to the health worker crisis. But there are ethical questions about recruiting from foreign countries.
A new Grattan report recommends making general practice a team sport, using the skills of other clinicians and health-care workers.
Three out of five said yes.
Burnout and ‘compassion fatigue’ can compromise patient safety and signal health worker exhaustion. And they are a ticking time bomb for health care.
The greatest workforce challenge Australia faces is in health, an issue that will likely be with us for another decade. Here’s one way to fix it.
Top contributors
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Honorary Enterprise Professor, School of Population and Global Health, and Department of General Practice and Primary Care, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, Centre for Health Policy, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne
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Reader in Health Economics, Centre for Health Economics, University of York
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Program Director, Health and Aged Care, Grattan Institute
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Founder of the Australian Health Care Reform Alliance & Emeritus Professor, UNSW Sydney
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Director and Taylor Family Chair, Centre for the Business & Economics of Health, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Health Economics and Director, Centre for Health Economics, Monash Business School, Monash University
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Professor and Director, Macquarie University Centre for the Health Economy, Macquarie University
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Emeritus Professor of Public Health, La Trobe University
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Associate Professor of Accounting, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor, Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University
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Professor; Associate Dean - Learning & Teaching, University of Wollongong
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Associate, Health Program, Grattan Institute
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Clinical Senior Lecturer, The University of Queensland
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Research Leader, Critical and Ethical Mental Health research group, Robinson Research Institute, University of Adelaide
