Reforming Australia's Health Workforce Conference

A skilled workforce underpins Australia's health system. People represent over 70% of total health expenditure in Australia.

Mounting workforce shortages in key areas such as rural health, indigenous health and mental health and a flailing private health sector will impact dramatically on the health system. This system does not currently have the human resources it needs to face these issues.

Roles and tasks have remained in silos that have been in place for many decades. The current recruitment, training, and staff management systems are disjointed and health service and clinical management approaches have not readily adapted to changing demand. Effective workforce planning and development will be crucial for continued service delivery.

The COAG driven National Health Workforce Taskforce has made significant headway in promoting a nationally coordinated strategy for health workforce planning. This has provided a wealth of opportunity for reform, and unified approaches are emerging in professional bodies, training institutions, health services, and regulatory infrastructure.

It is in this context that Informa will be holding the timely Reforming Australia’s Health Workforce forum this November in Sydney.

Featuring an outstanding panel of speakers including:

• Peter Carver, Executive Director, National Health Workforce Taskforce
• Michael Gorton AM, Executive Partner, Russell Kennedy, Chair, Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission, Member, Agency Management Committee, Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency
• Adjunct Professor Belinda Moyes, Principal Nurse Advisor, Director Nurse Policy Branch, Department of Human Services, Victoria
• Etienne Scheepers, Executive Director, Workforce Development, Department of Health, South Australia
• Brian Davies, A/Manager, Workforce Analysis and Research Unit, of the Clinical Workforce Planning and Development Branch, Queensland Health
• Adjunct Associate Professor Fiona Stoker, Chief Nursing Officer, Department of Health and Human Services, Tasmania
• Kate Millbourne, Workforce Policy and Planning, ACT Health, Chair, Jurisdictional Workforce Planners Working Group (JWPWG), National Health Workforce Taskforce
• Dr Amanda Kenny, Director, Faculty of Health Sciences, Bendigo, Associate Professor of Rural and Regional Nursing, La Trobe University
• Judy Stone, Interprofessional Learning Coordinator, ACT Health
• Shannon Nott, National Rural and Indigenous Officer, Australian Medical Students' Association

and many more....

View the agenda page for the full program and speaker line-up

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