Workforce Resources
Contact Phillip Bain
NDGP CEO
Tel. 9416 7689
Email Phillip Bain
Items of Interest
More Doctors for Outer Urban Areas of Workforce Shortage
(incentives for GPs or practices to relocate to outer urban areas of workforce shortage).
In this Division the eligible area is roughly north of Mahoney's Road.
www.health.gov.au/workforce or call the workforce hotline on 1800 727 899.
Map Locator relating to District of Workforce Shortage (DWS)
Please note the information for users of the map upon entering the site.
The information relates only to DWS for general practice and the advice on the map locator specifically links to the provision of Medicare provider numbers and doctors wishing to work in general practice.
Recruiting overseas-trained doctors
Doctor Connect is a government website with basic information for Overseas Trained Doctors.
Visa and registration conditions for overseas trained doctors are complex. The Northern Division may arrange advice for overseas trained doctors who wish to work in the northern suburbs. Contact Phillip Bain on 9416 7689 or email.
The Department of Health and Ageing may pay recruiting costs for practices in eligible outer urban areas.
These areas are generally the same as for the "More Doctors" measure described above.
Australian Medical Council also has information for overseas trained doctors.
Non-VR doctors increased rebate – See 'Other Medical Practitioners'
on the Medicare Australia website and follow the links.
Further information from HIC on 132 150
or call the GP helpline 1800 667 677.
Practice nurses and allied health worker subsidy
Correspondence between the Division and the Department of Health and Ageing
The subsidy is supposedly based on "workforce shortage" plus a ranking of areas by socioeconomic disadvantage.
However it is only available to Division practices in the cities of Moreland and Hume.
Contact Paul McGlew at the Department, (02) 6289 8647
or the PIP enquiry line 1800 222032.
For information on eligibility call the GP helpline 1800 667 677.
The $7.50 bulk billing rebate for outer metropolitan areas does not apply in Melbourne's north
This is because the criteria includes both GP shortage (which we have)
and lower-than-average bulk billing rates (which we don't have across all areas).
For the criteria and list of eligible areas see
http://www.health.gov.au/medicare/news/qa.htm
Items of Interest
- General practice activity in Australia 2008-2009 (Version 2 March 2010)
Provides important information about general practice activity in Australia. This data describes general practice chronic disease management and referral patterns. Includes statistical data on Patient encounters: what people see GPs about.
Download here...
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