Developing a Framework for the Australian Health Workforce

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Executive Summary
In order to successfully tackle the problems and difficulties associated with the immigration of
skilled healthcare professionals in Australia, the government of Australia has developed a
framework which will look after the interest of the immigrant healthcare professionals, the
existing healthcare professionals, as well as business organizations in healthcare and the patients.
The framework is constructed to successfully eliminate all the existing challenges associated
with the healthcare industry in Australia and also the future challenges which can crop up with
the changing circumstances. The healthcare framework is elaborately discussed with the help of
various data. The important features of the framework and the reason such features are
incorporated in the framework are also discussed in the article. The definite reasons behind the
formation of such a framework by the Australian government are also elaborately discussed in
the article.
The Australian government has adopted various strategies to make the framework more
pragmatic and sustainable. Proper evaluation and analysis of the strategies in the framework are
explained in this article.

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Table of contents
Introduction:....................................................................................................................................4
Introduction to the framework:........................................................................................................4
Development of framework:............................................................................................................6
Australian Health Ministers' Advisory Council:..............................................................................7
Workforce framework strategy:.......................................................................................................8
Conclusion:....................................................................................................................................13
References......................................................................................................................................15

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Introduction:
Workforce implies the people involved in or available for some particular work. It can be either
in a country or an area or in a specific firm or industry. The workforce in the Australian
healthcare industry plays an important role in providing safe and appropriate care to the patients
so that they can recover quickly. The Australian government has also identified the health
workforce as an important part with a significant contribution to the country's development1.
Investment is pouring to the healthcare industries in Australia and hence they require a large
workforce to enhance the economic condition of the country. The Australian government is thus
working on developing a framework to help reorganize the health workforce.
Introduction to the framework:
The Government of Australia is developing a comprehensive framework of National Health
workforce which will be considered as a landmark document in the health industry of the
country. The framework is intended to form the policies regarding the National Health
workforce and also to invest in the health workforce for a decade. The framework is also
designed to give an elevated position to the health workforce of Australia so that they can
properly be utilized to contribute to the development of the healthcare industries in the country.
The challenges faced by the health workforce in the country are also identified and the
framework is designed to overcome the challenges successfully by adopting effective multi-
disciplinary approaches2.
The workforce in the healthcare industries is the most crucial part of the system. Workers in the
health care sector are skilled in various sectors and these skilled workers must be utilized
efficiently by adjusting their responsibilities which can sometimes overlap. The primary
objective of the workforce must be to provide quality and well-maintainedhealthcare services to
the Australian community. Healthcare professionals should look after the interest of the patients
in various healthcare organizations in Australia. The Australian law has posed certain challenges
for the employers to utilize their workforce at the highest level. The healthcare workforce in
1 Birrell, B. (2018). Australia’s skilled migration program: scarce skills not required. The Australian Population Research
Institute.
2 Bablani, L. (2018). Three essays on skilled migration to Australia (Doctoral dissertation).