AHPA recently responded to the Working Better for Medicare Review Consultation. The response details distribution issues regarding the allied health workforce in primary care, including the impact of both current distribution levers, and the lack of distribution measures.
AHPA details the urgent need for an allied health workforce strategy, and new, targeted, and fit-for-purpose workforce programs, that focus on ensuring improved distribution of, and access to, public and private primary care and community-based services.
The full submission is linked below.