Report on Health Employment and Economic Growth

Running head: REPORT ON HEALTH EMPLOYMENT AS WELL AS ECONOMIC GROWTH 1
High-level Commission report on Health Employment as well as Economic Growth

REPORT ON HEALTH EMPLOYMENT AS WELL AS ECONOMIC GROWTH 2
Executive summary
Australia has an open policy for skilled professional immigrants in the country. The health
service industry in Australia is facing the problem of shortage of health service providers. in this
article, it is elaborately discussed the reason behind the shortage of health service providers in
Australia and what policies should be taken up by the Australian government to maintain a
balance between the immigrant health workers in the country and the existing workers.
The Existing health workers in Australia find it difficult to adjust with the immigrant skilled
health professionals. The proper way to fix the scarcity of health workers in Australia is
discussed in this article.

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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................4
Dependence of Australia at present on international health worker immigration:..........................4
Current Australian government policies on international health worker immigration:...................5
Historical reasons for the development within Australia:...............................................................6
Are the current policies sustainable?...............................................................................................7
Changes required subduing the negative effects of migration of Healthcare professionals:...........8
How can the scarcity be fixed?........................................................................................................9
Conclusion:....................................................................................................................................10
References......................................................................................................................................11
High-level Commission report on Health Employment as well as Economic Growth
Introduction
A migrant is considered as a person who moves from one place to another but within a country,
whereas an immigrant is a person who switches their native country and moves from one country
from another.
A new list of trained occupation has been declared on the immigration intake program by
Australia for 2017-18. From 1st July 2017, the new occupation list is to be effective in
Australia1.
Dependence of Australia at present on international health worker immigration
The point to be noticed is that health care combined with social assistance is very much in
demand in Australia. The healthcare industry is considered to be one of the largest industries in
Australia where more than 1.2 million people are employed within. It is approximately 11% of
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