Long-term trends in supply and sustainability of the health workforce in remote Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory of Australia.

CONCLUSIONS: Overall increases in workforce supply in remote NT communities between 2004 and 2015 have been affected by continuing very high turnover of nurses and AHPs, and compounded by recent declines in AHP supply. Despite substantial increases in resourcing, an imperative remains to implement more robust health service models which better support the supply and retention of resident health staff.
PMID: 29258521 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Rural Remote Health - December 19, 2017 Category: Rural Health Authors: Zhao Y, Russell DJ, Guthridge S, Ramjan M, Jones MP, Humphreys JS, Carey TA, Wakerman J Tags: BMC Health Serv Res Source Type: research