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GP Shortage in Australia
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GP Shortage in Australia
Have you ever experienced excessive wait times or been frustrated that you were unable to see a GP when you needed to? The Australian Government needs to increase funding to General Practice to ensure that we can all access a GP when we need to. We believe that everyone should be able to see a GP in their local area, for no out-of-pocket cost, and at the time that they need to.
One of the reasons that you may have experienced long wait-times to see a GP is that we are currently experiencing a shortage of GPs in areas of high population growth in Australia.
This will only worsen if the government does not increase funding for general practice.
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Projected GP shortage sparks calls for urgent reform
The Deloitte Access Economics ‘General Practitioner Workforce Report 2022’, commissioned by Cornerstone Health, found Australia’s current GP shortage has reached crisis point with a predicted shortfall of 11,392 (28%) full-time General Practitioners (GPs) by 2032.
In per capita terms, the average Australian in 2021 demanded 2.1 hours of GP care per annum. This is forecast to grow to 2.5 hours per annum by 2032. Meanwhile, supply of GP clinical hours per person is estimated to decline to 1.8 hours per annum by 2032 from 2.2 hours per annum in 2021. This indicates an average annual shortfall for Australians of 40 minutes of GP care per year by 2032.
There needs to be the right policy settings and incentives in place to encourage doctors to practice in areas of unmet need, including outer metropolitan areas, where Australia's highest population growth is occurring.
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