50,000 more frontline health workers
The Rudd Government will invest in up to 50,000 additional health vocational training places, to tackle the current health workforce crisis – one of the single biggest injections of workers into the health system in Australian history.
This announcement was made following the Council of Australian Governments(COAG) meeting in
The training places will target areas of chronic skills shortage, such as dental health, nursing, and Indigenous health.
The Rudd Government recognises that addressing the health workforce crisis is critical to delivering better health services and to achieving long-term health reform.
Skills
The Rudd Labor Government will work in partnership with the states and territories to deliver more frontline health workers into our hospitals and community over the coming years, through this and other initiatives.
