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GP training incentives detail revealed

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Australia’s future GP workforce has received a welcome boost this week, with the Federal Government releasing the full details of its much-anticipated GP Training Incentive Payments initiative.
 
Foreshadowed in the 2025–26 Federal Budget, the $248.7 million program aims to encourage more junior doctors to choose a career in general practice.
 
A 36-page document detailing the program was published on Monday, with the new GP Training Incentive Payments providing eligible GP registrars on Commonwealth-funded training pathways with:

• a $30,000 salary incentive when they begin community-based general practice training
• study leave funding for up to five days per year
• up to 20 weeks of parental leave for primary caregivers and two weeks for secondary caregivers, including births, adoptions or long-term fostering of a child up to the age of 16.

RACGP President Dr Michael Wright told newsGP he is ‘really pleased’ to see the program approved and full details revealed.
 
‘This has been a long-term advocacy piece for the college as we’ve been trying to encourage junior doctors to go into general practice training,’ he said.
 
‘This was smart policy from the Health Minister and the Government, and we’re really pleased to see it rolled out.’
 
Commencing from semester one in 2026, the grants aim to support GP registrars as they transition from hospital to community-based training.
 
Applications are not yet open, but potential applicants can check the website for updates on how to apply once available.
 
‘All of this is long overdue and very welcome, and it’s great to see that registrars joining the program in 2026 can have access to these incentive payments,’ said Dr Wright.
 
‘This should make it easier for many more junior doctors to choose general practice as a career’.  
 
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