Health Workforce Planning

Running Head: Health Workforce Planning 1
Health Workforce Planning
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Executive Summary
This report presents a framework on factors that influence health workforce planning in
Australia, and advances that have been taken by the government to offset the current state of
nursing workforce-related challenges. Every section of this report tries to explain and give details
on the efforts made by the government and other parties to ensure that the escalating imbalance
that exists in the medical profession is addressed. Essential attention is given to institutions that
train students on medical programmes which ranges from doctors, nurses, and midwives. Key
challenges are identified, and solutions suggested for implementation.

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Table of Contents
Executive Summary.....................................................................................................................................2
List of tables................................................................................................................................................4
1.0: Introduction..........................................................................................................................................5
1.1: Definition of the topic.......................................................................................................................5
1.2 Rationale............................................................................................................................................5
1.3 Summary of Assignment Question....................................................................................................6
2.0: Environmental Scan..............................................................................................................................6
2.1 Findings from Policy and other Planning Documents........................................................................7
2.2 Geographical Distribution of Nursing Workforce in Australia............................................................8
2.3 Summary from the Findings.............................................................................................................10
2.4: Discussions.....................................................................................................................................10
2.4.1: Response to the heading.........................................................................................................10
3.0: Recommendations..............................................................................................................................11
4.0: Conclusion..........................................................................................................................................12
References.................................................................................................................................................13

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List of tables
Table 1: Employed Registered Nurses and Enrolled Nurses, age profile, 2009 and 2012
Table 2: Data from the 2006 Census showing the population of nurses by state/territory and
remoteness
Table 3: Average weekly hours, employed registered nurses and enrolled nurses, 2009 and 2012