Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Task-; WHO (2016) has published a report entitled Working for health and growth: investing in the health workforce . 1 Report of the High-Level Commission on Health Employment and Economic Growth. One of the ten recommendations to transform the health workforce for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) relates to international migration. The recommendation is: Advance international recognition of health workers’ quali?cations to optimize skills use, increase the bene?ts from and reduce the negative effects of health worker migration, and safeguard migrants’ rights. (p. 12) The assignment involves researching data on the level of reliance of Australia on international migration for the health workforce, the reasons for these developments, and whether the current policies adequately address the negative e?ects of health worker migration. The assignment, to be presented in report format, should address each of the following questions: 
1. How reliant is Australia at present on international health worker immigration to meet workforce supply? This section should include presentation of data on the proportion of the clinical health work force by category (medical practitioners, nurses and midwives, dentists, pharmacists, other allied health) who have initial quali?cations fromoverseascountries. Itshouldalsoreportthecurrentstatusoneachcategoryoftheclinicalhealthworkforce in terms of shortage, balance or oversupply. 
2. What are the current Australian government policies on international health worker immigration? 
3. What are the reasons historically for this development within Australia? 
4. Are the current policies sustainable? 
5. WhatchangesshouldtheAustraliangovernmentconsiderimplementingtoreducethenegativee?ectsofhealth worker migration? 
Criteria You will be assessed on the following: 
– Ability to introduce the topic and ?ndings in a well summarised Executive Summary. –Identi?cation, extraction and analysis of health workforce data. – Use of charts and or tables to support analysis and comparison of key data. –Criticalanalysisandsynthesisoftherelevantliteratureanddatatosupportyourselectionofworkforcecategories which are under-supplied. – Ability to make recommendations to support improvements in workforce supply and setting of targets. – Academic writing skills, use of report format and APA. 
Reference list 
There are a range of resources which can be accessed to answer question 
1. These include: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) annual labor force reports by category until 2012. Retrieved from: http://www.aihw.gov.au/workforce-publications/ AIHW annual labor force data sets by category from 2013 to 2015. Retrieved from: http://www.aihw.gov.au/workforce/medical/additional/ (eg for medical data). Resources for other questions include: 
2- Australian Government Department of Health Website. Material on Health Workforce Policies and Programs. Retrieved from: http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/portal-Health%20workforce http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/Health+Workforce-2 http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/work-health-workforce-program-review 
3-Australian Government Department of Health Website. .Recent reports on workforce planning and modelling by category. Retrieved from: http://data.hwa.gov.au/publications.html http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/australias-future-health-workforce-reports