Workforce prioritisation and planning

The Brisbane South Primary Health Network (PHN) is part of the Queensland PHN Consortium selected by the Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care (The Department) to deliver the Australian General Practice Training Workforce Planning and Prioritisation (GP WPP) program in Queensland.

To support the transition to the college-led training model, Brisbane South PHN are working closely with The Department, The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) and the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM), along with a range of key stakeholders.

The objective of the program is to provide independent, regionally based analysis and advice to the Department on current and future GP workforce needs and training capacity to inform the distribution and placement of GP registrars.

What is the GP WPP program?

The objective of the program is to provide independent, regionally based analysis and advice to the Department on current and future GP workforce needs and training capacity to inform the distribution and placement of GP registrars.

What is the PHN’s role?

The Queensland PHN Consortium’s role in delivering this program, is the development of Workforce Needs and Training Capacity Reports to guide the GP colleges in their selection and placement allocation processes.  

From 2024, an assessment of Training Pathways in each PHN region will be undertaken to document suitable training pathways that enable registrars to complete their training where they intend to stay and identify where gaps exist that necessitate registrar rotation.

How can general practice be involved?

Stakeholder engagement and consultation is a critical element to implementing the GP WPP program and involves collaboration and engagement to integrate data, harness local knowledge, expertise and insights, and to test the recommendations on the GP Catchments in greatest need of GP services across the state.  

Queensland PHNs, including Brisbane South PHN are facilitating a range of formal and informal ways through which stakeholders can inform and shape this work to ensure greater visibility of GP training opportunities and a well distributed GP workforce to meet the needs of our communities now and in the future. 

Workforce Planning and Prioritisation program information: