Health Workforce Australia 2012-13 Work Plan

HW 2025 concludes that reform is essential and Australia cannot afford
to continue business-as-usual approaches to work practices, productivity,
training, geographical distribution and immigration. It is simply not tenable.
It presents the case for essential coordinated, long-term reforms by
government, professions and the higher education and training sector to
secure a sustainable and affordable health workforce capable of maintaining
high quality health care for Australia’s future.
HW 2025 identifies a range of policy directions covering workforce reform,
training, immigration and geographical distribution that can be adopted to
deliver a more sustainable health workforce.
The findings of HW 2025 provide a key focus for HWA’s work and will have
an enduring influence on HWA’s work plan. It will be updated with new data,
and future iterations will include allied health professions, oral health and key
service domains.
3. National Health Workforce Innovation and Reform Strategic
Framework for Action 2011 - 2015
The National Health Workforce Innovation and Reform Strategic Framework
for Action 2011 - 2015 has been approved by Health Ministers and provides
an overarching, national platform to guide health workforce reform. HWA
aligns all of its programs and initiatives with the five domains for action
identified in the Framework. The five domains are the essential areas of
activity for development of a sustainable health workforce for the future.
HWA is focused on driving national workforce reform through a suite of
programs and measures. HWA works in partnership with governments,
higher education, the training sector, employers, professions and regulatory
bodies to progress its work programs.
Much of the essential reform enablers require action under Domain
5 - Health workforce policy, funding and regulations. This is the core
responsibility of governments and regulatory bodies.
The domains and their objectives are outlined in Figure 1 on page 8.
BACKGROUND
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