Name: Health Workforce Queensland Year Established: 1998 State: Queensland Physical Address: 410 Queen Street BRISBANE QLD 4000 Australia Postal Address: GPO Box 2523 BRISBANE QLD 4001 Australia Email: admin@healthworkforce.com.au Phone: 07 3105 7800 Fax: 07 3105 7801 Website: http://www.healthworkforce.com.au

Health Workforce Queensland is a not-for-profit rural workforce agency, funded by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing.

Our role is to facilitate the recruitment, retention and quality of general medical practitioners (GPs) and primary health care teams in rural and remote Queensland communities.

Our primary objectives are to:

• Increase the number of GP services and access to GPs in rural and remote Queensland
• Retain GPs in rural and remote Queensland
• Support up skilling of GPs and other supporting health professionals in rural and remote Queensland
• Develop sustainable models for general practice in rural and remote Queensland
• Establish benchmark workforce data and research to inform and direct policy

Health Workforce Queensland provides a range of services to support primary health care in rural and remote Queensland communities, including:

• Recruitment and Locum Services
• Medical Education and Training
• Data and Research
• Quality Use of Medicines
• Rural Retention Program
• Community Development
• Queensland Rural Medical Family Network
• Health Careers in the Bush
• Student Initiatives

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