Nicola Roxon (Gellibrand, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Health and Ageing) Share this | Hansard source

The answer to the honourable member's question is as follows:

(a) From the 2011-12 financial year funding for the Specialist Training Program falls under the new, flexible Health Workforce Fund. The appropriation for the Health Workforce Fund is as follows:

(b) Specialist Medical Colleges

Australasian College of Dermatologists—ACD

Australasian College for Emergency Medicine—ACEM

Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists—ANZCA

College of Intensive Care Medicine of Australia and New Zealand—CICM

Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators—RACMA

Royal Australasian College of Physicians—RACP

Royal Australasian College of Surgeons—RACS

Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists—RANZCO

Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists—RANCOG

Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists—RANZCP

Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists—RANZCR

Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia—RCPA

2010 Specialist Training Program Posts

2011 Specialist Training Program Posts

(c)

Explanatory Notes

1. Specialist Training Program (STP) posts may be composed of multiple rotations across various setting types and localities. The figures provided are indicative of all sites funded under the program which fell into the nominated categories. These categories excluded public settings (non community) in RA1 (e.g. public metropolitan hospitals) and private non-community settings such as Diagnostic laboratories (e.g. pathology lab).

2. Of the STP post locations identified in the table, approximately 50 percent of the training sites are located in rural and regional areas (ASGC RA 2-5). There are 518 STP positions in 2011, with a number of positions involving rotations in different settings and to more than one training site. On this basis, up to 58 percent of all current STP places are providing at least some of their training in a rural location. These training locations may be at a rural and regional hospital, but could also be at sites in the other categories such as community health settings or specialist rooms.

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