Links

Department of Health and Ageing
www.health.gov.au

ACT Health
www.health.act.gov.au

Queensland Health
www.health.qld.gov.au

NSW Health
www.health.nsw.gov.au

Department of Health, South Australia
www.health.sa.gov.au

Department of Health and Human Services, Tasmania
www.dhhs.tas.gov.au/

Department of Health and Families, Northern Territory
www.health.nt.gov.au

Department of Human Services, Victoria
www.dhs.vic.gov.au

Victorian Government Health Information
www.health.vic.gov.au

VicHealth - Victorian Health Promotion Foundation
www.vichealth.vic.gov.au

Department of Health, Western Australia
www.health.wa.gov.au

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Australian websites

Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA)
FaHCSIA is responsible for social policies and support affecting Australian society and the living standards of Australian families.

Commonwealth Disability Strategy (Australia)
A strategic framework for inclusion and participation by people with disabilities in Government policies, programs and services.

Office of Rural Health (Australia)
The Commonwealth Government's rural health website for health professionals, service providers, rural communities and consumers. The Office of Rural Health (ORH) is part of the Federal Department of Health and Ageing and is part of the Health Services Improvement Division. ORH has responsibility for advising on general rural health strategies and for delivering a range of targeted activities to improve the health and well being of Australians living in regional, rural and remote localities.

Primary Health Care Research & Information Service (Australia)
PHC RIS contributes to improved policy and practice, by increasing the exchange of information about Australian general practice and primary health care research, evaluation and development between researchers, practitioners, policy makers, and consumer organisations. Australian policy makers, researchers, Divisions of General Practice, practitioners, consumers and other stakeholders, use PHC RIS information services.

National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission
The Commission has been established to develop a long-term health reform plan for a modern Australia. The Chair of the Commission is Dr Christine Bennett, who is currently Chief Medical Officer of BUPA Australia Ltd. Nine other Commissioners will assist Dr Bennett.

Skills Australia
As part of the Australian Government’s Skilling Australia for the Future policy, a new independent statutory body entitled Skills Australia has been established to provide advice on current and future demand for skills and investment of public funds in training.

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Workforce Data/Statistics

Australian Bureau of Statistics (Australia)
The Australian Bureau of Statistics is Australia's official statistical organisation. ABS assists decision-making, research and discussion within governments and the community, by providing a high quality, objective and responsive national statistical service.

AIHW - Labour Force (Australia)
This site provides information relating to the workforce in health and community services occupations in Australia. Information of this nature assists workforce planning, which in turn is critical to providing an adequate and suitably distributed workforce around Australia.

Australian Workplace - Labour Market Info (including Skills Shortages)
This site will help you find information on employment, workplace relations, government assistance, jobs, careers, training and wages in Australia. Look under Labour Market Information for Skill Shortages and Vacancy Trends

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Recognition of Overseas Qualifications

Australian Nursing and Midwifery Council
The ANMC is a peak body established in 1992 to facilitate a national approach to nursing and midwifery regulation.

Overseas Trained Doctors
General Information for Overseas Trained Doctors wishing to practice Medicine in Australia

Australian Medical Council (AMC)
AMC is a national standards advisory body for medical education and training in Australia.

Australian Dental Council
The Australian Dental Council advises on the accreditation of education courses leading to a dental qualification, the assessment of the suitability for practice in Australia of persons with overseas dental qualifications, occupational regulation and uniform criteria for recognition of qualifications for registration.

Live in Victoria
Learn more about career, lifestyle and immigration opportunities in Melbourne and regional Victoria, Australia. Apply for visa nomination online and read about how to find a job and get settled when you arrive in Victoria.

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International

World Health Organization (WHO) Human Resource Planning
The World Health Organization is the United Nations' specialised agency for health. WHO's objective, is the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of health. This page provides links to technical papers, policy documents, reports of meetings and other information resources on issues related to the health workforce.

Worldwide Governments on the WWW (International)
Comprehensive database of governmental institutions on the World Wide Web: parliaments, ministries, offices, law courts, embassies, city councils, public broadcasting corporations, central banks, multi-governmental institutions etc. It also includes political parties.

Government Disability Departments (International)
Links to disability related government web sites in Australia and around the world.

New Zealand

Health Workforce Advisory Committee (New Zealand)
The role of the Committee is to advise the New Zealand Minister of Health on health workforce issues.

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North America (USA & Canada)

Public Health Improvement Partnership (PHIP) (USA)
The Public Health Improvement Partnership guides the development and implementation of a plan for collaborative action to bring about improved health in all the communities of Washington State.

National Centre for Health Workforce Analysis (USA)
The National Centre for Health Workforce Analysis assesses the United State's supply and demand for a health care workforce and analyses the effect of changes in the health care system.

American Public Human Services Association (USA)
Information and news relating to the publicly run human services organisations in the United States

California HealthCare Foundation (USA)
The California HealthCare Foundation, based in Oakland, is an independent philanthropy committed to improving California's health care delivery and financing systems. CHCF tackles issues within the health care industry that impact workers that are key to the delivery of care.

Health Care Network Health Human Resources (Canada)
This site brings together materials addressing a range of health human resources issues, including physician supply, medical licensure, and mobility and training of health service providers.

Commission on the Future of Health Care (Canada)
An organisation working toward making recommendations to ensure the sustainability of a universally accessible, publicly funded health system, that offers quality services to Canadians and strikes an appropriate balance between investments in prevention and health maintenance and those directed to care and treatment.

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United Kingdom & Ireland

NHS Human Resources Directorate Changing Workforce Program (UK)
The NHS Plan highlighted the need to look at new ways of working to improve patient care and ensure good use of skills. This in turn will help with the plans to increase staff numbers, by ensuring greater job satisfaction.

Healthcare Workforce Development Portal (UK)
This portal has been developed in partnership with Department of Health, Workforce Development Confederations (WDCs), Postgraduate Departments of Medicine and Dentistry (Deaneries) and Newcastle University. The site is aimed at providing information, support and development to WDCs, Deaneries, Strategic Health Authorities and the wider health community who are planning the future workforce of the NHS.

King's Fund (UK)
The King's Fund is an independent charitable foundation whose goal is to improve health, especially in London.

NHS National Workforce Unit (Scotland)
Workforce Development is about getting the right people with the right skills to be in the right places at the right time. It is crucial to securing the workforce for NHSScotland in the short, medium and long-term. It is integral to the successful reform of health services in Scotland and to the improvement of patient care.

Towards Workforce Planning - A Report To Ensure Future Supply of Nurses (Ireland)
The report is the result of three and a half years extensive study. It describes the detailed analysis undertaken and charts the paths necessary for the production of incisive workforce plans.

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