Health Workforce Australia
On the 8 December 2009 the Hon Nicola Roxon MP, Minister for Health and Ageing announced the appointment of the first Chief Executive Officer of Health Workforce Australia (HWA).
The CEO is Mr Mark Cormack, the former Chief Executive of the ACT Health Department. Mark commenced on 27 January 2010 and is based in Adelaide where HWA is being established.
HWA has been established to produce more effective, streamlined and integrated clinical training arrangements and to support workforce reform initiatives.
The National Health Workforce Taskforce will be working closely with Mark over the coming months as Health Workforce Australia formulates the new national work program.
The website for HWA can be found at www.hwa.gov.au
