... nurses and allied health professionals
Emily is given support to do an allied health clinical placement in regional Australia.
She gets to know the local community and to enjoy working with the doctors and nurses at the local hospital and with GPs in town.
Following the completion of her studies, she returns to set up her practice.
Nurses: the backbone of Australia's health system
The Government will provide $390 million over four years to better support nurses working in general practice.
The Government will also provide additional investment of $132 million over four years including to:
- help nurses and other aged care workers to upgrade their skills and qualifications;
- fund an additional 600 enrolled nursing training places and 300 undergraduate nursing scholarships in aged care;
- support rural locums for 3,000 nurses over four years; and
- support nurse practitioners in aged care.
Boosting allied health
Allied health professionals such as physiotherapists, speech pathologists and occupational therapists perform a vital role in Australia's health system.
An ageing population requires a better distribution of allied health professionals, particularly in rural and regional areas where there are shortages of health professionals.
The Government will invest $5.3 million over four years to introduce a rural locum service to allow allied health professionals to continue their professional development and $6.5 million over four years to double the number of scholarships for them in rural and regional areas.
