Health Workforce Queensland is a not-for-profit rural workforce agency, funded by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing.
Our role is to facilitate the recruitment, retention and quality of general medical practitioners (GPs) and primary health care teams in rural and remote Queensland communities.
Our primary objectives are to:
• Increase the number of GP services and increase access to GP services in rural and remote Queensland
• Retain GPs in rural and remote Queensland
• Support up skilling of GPs and other supporting health professionals in rural and remote Queensland
• Develop sustainable models for general practice in rural and remote Queensland
• Establish benchmark workforce data and research to inform and direct policy
