fb8777f2-e3f4-4eb1-a784-3926faf2ea36 urn:uuid English UTF-8 nonGeographicDataset nonGeographicDataset 2018-06-27T06:39:22 creation ISO 19115 2016 Health worker density and distribution fb8777f2-e3f4-4eb1-a784-3926faf2ea36 Over the last ten years of rural workforce policies, access to medical practitioners in rural and regional areas has improved. One measure of access is the number of Full Time Equivalent (FTE) practitioners per 1,000 people (FTE rate). Since 2013, very remote areas had the highest growth in the FTE rate of medical practitioners. However, challenges continue in very remote areas, particularly in terms of comparable access. The increases in the total number of medical practitioners provides a larger pool available to work in, or provide outreach services to, rural and remote Australia. Nurses and midwives are relatively evenly distributed between major cities and rural and regional areas. As the data indicates, remote areas have the highest FTE rate of nurses and midwives while very remote areas has the highest growth in FTE rate. In contrast, allied health practitioners are the fastest growing profession but the most city-centric. The maldistribution is evident as the FTE rate decreases as remoteness increases. The department’s emphasis is on rural and remote end to end training in rural locations as well as the creation of new opportunities for Australian trained health workforce to train and work in rural and remote Australia. Ensuring individual decisions are aligned to what the nation needs from the health workforce in the future is essential. Australian SDG Sustainable Development Goals allied health professionals clinicians medical practitioners nurses and midwives workforce distribution Employed medical practitioners by Remoteness Area (headcount, FTE and FTE per 1,000 population) documentDigital Over the last ten years of rural workforce policies, access to medical practitioners in rural and regional areas has improved. One measure of access is the number of Full Time Equivalent (FTE) practitioners per 1,000 people (FTE rate). Since 2013, very remote areas had the highest growth in the FTE rate of medical practitioners. However, challenges continue in very remote areas, particularly in terms of comparable access. The increases in the total number of medical practitioners provides a larger pool available to work in, or provide outreach services to, rural and remote Australia. Nurses and midwives are relatively evenly distributed between major cities and rural and regional areas. As the data indicates, remote areas have the highest FTE rate of nurses and midwives while very remote areas has the highest growth in FTE rate. In contrast, allied health practitioners are the fastest growing profession but the most city-centric. The maldistribution is evident as the FTE rate decreases as remoteness increases. The department’s emphasis is on rural and remote end to end training in rural locations as well as the creation of new opportunities for Australian trained health workforce to train and work in rural and remote Australia. Ensuring individual decisions are aligned to what the nation needs from the health workforce in the future is essential. CSV Employed medical practitioners by MMM (headcount, FTE and FTE per 1,000 population), 2013 to 2019 documentDigital Over the last ten years of rural workforce policies, access to medical practitioners in rural and regional areas has improved. One measure of access is the number of Full Time Equivalent (FTE) practitioners per 1,000 people (FTE rate). Since 2013, very remote areas had the highest growth in the FTE rate of medical practitioners. However, challenges continue in very remote areas, particularly in terms of comparable access. The increases in the total number of medical practitioners provides a larger pool available to work in, or provide outreach services to, rural and remote Australia. Nurses and midwives are relatively evenly distributed between major cities and rural and regional areas. As the data indicates, remote areas have the highest FTE rate of nurses and midwives while very remote areas has the highest growth in FTE rate. In contrast, allied health practitioners are the fastest growing profession but the most city-centric. The maldistribution is evident as the FTE rate decreases as remoteness increases. The department’s emphasis is on rural and remote end to end training in rural locations as well as the creation of new opportunities for Australian trained health workforce to train and work in rural and remote Australia. Ensuring individual decisions are aligned to what the nation needs from the health workforce in the future is essential. CSV Employed nurses and midwives by Remoteness Area (headcount, FTE and FTE per 1,000), 2013 to 2019 documentDigital Over the last ten years of rural workforce policies, access to medical practitioners in rural and regional areas has improved. One measure of access is the number of Full Time Equivalent (FTE) practitioners per 1,000 people (FTE rate). Since 2013, very remote areas had the highest growth in the FTE rate of medical practitioners. However, challenges continue in very remote areas, particularly in terms of comparable access. The increases in the total number of medical practitioners provides a larger pool available to work in, or provide outreach services to, rural and remote Australia. Nurses and midwives are relatively evenly distributed between major cities and rural and regional areas. As the data indicates, remote areas have the highest FTE rate of nurses and midwives while very remote areas has the highest growth in FTE rate. In contrast, allied health practitioners are the fastest growing profession but the most city-centric. The maldistribution is evident as the FTE rate decreases as remoteness increases. The department’s emphasis is on rural and remote end to end training in rural locations as well as the creation of new opportunities for Australian trained health workforce to train and work in rural and remote Australia. Ensuring individual decisions are aligned to what the nation needs from the health workforce in the future is essential. CSV Employed nurses and midwives by MMM (headcount, FTE and FTE per 1,000), 2013 to 2019 documentDigital Over the last ten years of rural workforce policies, access to medical practitioners in rural and regional areas has improved. One measure of access is the number of Full Time Equivalent (FTE) practitioners per 1,000 people (FTE rate). Since 2013, very remote areas had the highest growth in the FTE rate of medical practitioners. However, challenges continue in very remote areas, particularly in terms of comparable access. The increases in the total number of medical practitioners provides a larger pool available to work in, or provide outreach services to, rural and remote Australia. Nurses and midwives are relatively evenly distributed between major cities and rural and regional areas. As the data indicates, remote areas have the highest FTE rate of nurses and midwives while very remote areas has the highest growth in FTE rate. In contrast, allied health practitioners are the fastest growing profession but the most city-centric. The maldistribution is evident as the FTE rate decreases as remoteness increases. The department’s emphasis is on rural and remote end to end training in rural locations as well as the creation of new opportunities for Australian trained health workforce to train and work in rural and remote Australia. Ensuring individual decisions are aligned to what the nation needs from the health workforce in the future is essential. CSV Employed allied health practitioners by Remoteness Area (headcount, FTE and FTE per 1,000), 2013 to 2019 documentDigital Over the last ten years of rural workforce policies, access to medical practitioners in rural and regional areas has improved. One measure of access is the number of Full Time Equivalent (FTE) practitioners per 1,000 people (FTE rate). Since 2013, very remote areas had the highest growth in the FTE rate of medical practitioners. However, challenges continue in very remote areas, particularly in terms of comparable access. The increases in the total number of medical practitioners provides a larger pool available to work in, or provide outreach services to, rural and remote Australia. Nurses and midwives are relatively evenly distributed between major cities and rural and regional areas. As the data indicates, remote areas have the highest FTE rate of nurses and midwives while very remote areas has the highest growth in FTE rate. In contrast, allied health practitioners are the fastest growing profession but the most city-centric. The maldistribution is evident as the FTE rate decreases as remoteness increases. The department’s emphasis is on rural and remote end to end training in rural locations as well as the creation of new opportunities for Australian trained health workforce to train and work in rural and remote Australia. Ensuring individual decisions are aligned to what the nation needs from the health workforce in the future is essential. CSV Employed allied health practitioners by MMM (headcount, FTE and FTE per 1,000), 2013 to 2019 documentDigital Over the last ten years of rural workforce policies, access to medical practitioners in rural and regional areas has improved. One measure of access is the number of Full Time Equivalent (FTE) practitioners per 1,000 people (FTE rate). Since 2013, very remote areas had the highest growth in the FTE rate of medical practitioners. However, challenges continue in very remote areas, particularly in terms of comparable access. The increases in the total number of medical practitioners provides a larger pool available to work in, or provide outreach services to, rural and remote Australia. Nurses and midwives are relatively evenly distributed between major cities and rural and regional areas. As the data indicates, remote areas have the highest FTE rate of nurses and midwives while very remote areas has the highest growth in FTE rate. In contrast, allied health practitioners are the fastest growing profession but the most city-centric. The maldistribution is evident as the FTE rate decreases as remoteness increases. The department’s emphasis is on rural and remote end to end training in rural locations as well as the creation of new opportunities for Australian trained health workforce to train and work in rural and remote Australia. Ensuring individual decisions are aligned to what the nation needs from the health workforce in the future is essential. CSV