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Call for GPs to sit on new workforce committee
EOIs are open to join the RACGP Expert Committee – GP Workforce, a new group launched at ‘a critical time for general practice’.
A new RACGP committee has been set up to give expert and informed advice on the GP workforce in Australia.
Expressions of interest have opened for GPs to sit on a new RACGP committee, aimed at addressing general practice workforce challenges across Australia.
The new RACGP Expert Committee – GP Workforce will:
- advise on the GP workforce in Australia to achieve long-term workforce planning and funding that addresses supply, demand and maldistribution challenges
- advise on all elements of the pathways to general practice training, Fellowship and GP career
- advise on policy positions to attract GP registrars
- provide strategic oversight of progress against achieving the outcomes of the Commonwealth National Workforce Strategy and the RACGP national workforce strategy (2025–30)
- engage and connect with internal and external stakeholders to ensure the workforce strategy and priorities are understood and aligned with the college’s strategic direction and faculty specific needs.
EOIs are open for the roles of chair, deputy chair, which are selected by committee members, and committee members.
The group will have two in-person meetings and two online meetings per year, plus extra meetings as required, and the lead will undertake fortnightly executive meetings to ‘ensure forward momentum of workforce initiatives’ and out-of-session endorsement if required.
Dr Ramya Raman, RACGP Vice President and WA Chair, said the creation of the committee comes at a ‘critical time’ for general practice and that its work will ‘deliver real outcomes for communities’
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’This committee will build on the success of the RACGP’s national GP workforce strategy, including recent Commonwealth investment, and help translate that momentum into sustained, on-the-ground impact,’ she told
newsGP.
Dr Raman said that workforce planning should be evidence based and that the committee would use data to help identify risks, trends and opportunities for reform.
‘By aligning workforce strategy with GP training objectives, including AGPT priorities, the committee will help ensure today’s training investment supports a sustainable workforce for the future,’ she said.
As well as GPs, the committee will include internal and external workforce experts, along with government and community perspectives.
The deadline for expressions of interest is 13 March.
More details on the selection criteria are available on the RACGP website.
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