Have Your Say - GP Workforce Planning and Prioritisation Project

Planning for the future GP workforce in the Hunter New England and Central Coast.

Some communities in the Hunter New England and Central Coast PHN region may not have enough GPs. This might be because there aren't enough GPs or because the community health needs are increasing.

There are two colleges in Australia who train doctors to become qualified GPs. One college is the Royal Australian College of General Practice which trains GPs to work in the city and in rural areas. The other college, the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine, trains GPs to work in rural and remote areas where doctors need to provide different types of care. The colleges decide where a doctor will do their training and they think about how many GPs there are in different communities across the whole of NSW and the ACT.

The national General Practice Workforce Planning and Prioritisation (WPP) Program will look at a range of different information and listen to communities. Based on what communities say and the information about what the health care needs are now and into the future, the WPP program will make suggestions on places where doctors could be located while they are training to become GPs. These places are suggestions, and the training colleges will make the decisions on where doctors do training.

Thank you, by completing this survey and sharing your experiences in visiting your local General Practice services, we can ensure that our community has a voice and is providing local nuance and perspective on our healthcare environment and the patients they serve.

Disclaimer: I understand the Workforce Planning and Prioritisation Program collects, stores and discloses my information for the purposes of planning, for research or statistical purposes. To fulfil the purposes set out above, my information may also be collected from or passed onto external bodies which usually includes medical colleges, government organisations and Primary Health Networks, or as otherwise permitted or required by law.