Submission: AHPA Response to the Draft National Allied Health Workforce Strategy Survey welcomes first ever strategy and calls for implementation funding

AHPA’s submission to the Draft National Allied Health Workforce Strategy Survey commends the Commonwealth Chief Allied Health Office on the development of Australia’s first ever allied health workforce strategy.

Our submission noted the need to:

  1. Prioritise the national collection of workforce supply and demand data for all allied health professions

  2. Focus more heavily on the workforce impacts of funding policy and income differences across government programs

  3. Consider practical options to address clinical placement challenges for allied health students, drawing on approaches from other programs

  4. Expand rural and remote workforce initiatives focused on place-based training

We look forward to working with all governments to implement the strategy and provide increased access to workforce supports for allied health professionals.

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