Health Workforce Planning

Running head: HEALTH WORKFORCE PLANNING
HEALTH WORKFORCE PLANNING
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Contents
Executive Summary.........................................................................................................................2
1. Introduction..................................................................................................................................3
1.1 Definition of the issue............................................................................................................3
1.2 Rationale................................................................................................................................3
1.3 Summary of assignment question..........................................................................................3
1.4 Sections of report summarized..............................................................................................3
2. Discussion....................................................................................................................................4
2.1 Environmental scan approach on the issue............................................................................4
2.2 The current scenario..............................................................................................................5
2.3 Findings from the policy and the planning documents to the question.................................6
2.4 Reasons for the historical development in Australia.............................................................7
2.5 Sustainability of the current policies.....................................................................................7
2.6 Changes that are required to reduce the negative effect........................................................7
3. Conclusion and recommendation................................................................................................8
Reference.........................................................................................................................................9

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
In Australia, a total of 1000,000 medical practitioners were registered for the year 2015. Among
this about 88,000 were employed in medicine. In the year 2015, a total of 3210 domestic students
commenced the training for medical graduates. While it is important to mention that 95.1 percent
are employed in the clinical sector. To highlight the case of the midwifery and nurse workforce
for the year 2015, a total of 360,000 midwives and nurses were employed in midwifery or
nursing. The diversification of the medical workforce has proved to be challenging. 53 percent of
the international medical graduates that arrived in Australia secured all the medical positions in
Australia. While the doctors that immigrated from English speaking countries made a seamless
transition. Workforce integration is best for the international medical students even if the source
countries are highly diverse.

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1. INTRODUCTION
1.1 Definition of the issue
Health workforce can be described as the people that assist and deliver the health services
as well as help to operate in the healthcare facilities. This includes the healthcare nurses and the
healthcare professionals that are working in a healthcare sector. The issues are that the Australian
Health care system is extremely reliant on the foreign born health workers. Thus, it raises the
vital question of sustainability of the medical education in Australia and also on the countries
from the health workers are getting recruited in Australia (Aluttis, Bishaw & Frank, 2014).
1.2 Rationale
In comparison to the other OECD countries, Australia has developed high reliance on the
international medical graduates. From the year 2005 to 2006 and from 2010 to 2011, about
17910 international medical graduates have been included into the healthcare workforce on a
temporary basis (Marcus, Quimson & Short, 2014).
1.3 Summary of assignment question
The assignment question highlights the Australia’s high reliance on the international
health workers for the purpose of consolidating the Australian Health workforce. Furthermore,
whether the current policies are able to address the negative effects of the health workforce
migration.
1.4 Sections of report summarized
The section of the report will include nature and extent of the of the issue, and
environmental scan will be provided. Major findings from the planning and policy documents