Federal Coalition Government announces Regional Health Training Hub for Tamworth

13 Apr 2017

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The Hon Dr David Gillespie MP

Assistant Minister for Health

Member for Lyne

 

The Hon Barnaby Joyce MP
Member for New England
Deputy Prime Minister

Leader of the Nationals

 

JOINT MEDIA RELEASE

 

 

 

 

Medical students in Tamworth will have greater opportunities to live, study and work closer to home following the announcement of a Regional Training Hub to be established in the city.

 

Federal Assistant Minister for Health, Dr David Gillespie, announced that Tamworth is one of 26 regions across rural and regional areas that will benefit from the Federal Coalition Government’s $28.5 million investment in Regional Training Hubs over 2016-17 to 2018-19, which forms an essential component of the Integrated Rural Training Pipeline for Medicine helping to get more doctors and health professionals into regional Australia.

 

“Better coordination of medical training through the Regional Training Hubs will help us build the regional health workforce of the future,” Minister Gillespie said.

 

“I’d particularly like to acknowledge the work and strong advocacy Barnaby Joyce has played in arguing the case for a Regional Training Hub for the region,”
Minister Gillespie said.

 

Deputy Prime Minister and Member for New England Barnaby Joyce said the Regional Training Hub will be operated through the University of Newcastle.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

“This hub will work with local health services to help move medical students through the pipeline, enabling students to continue rural training through university into postgraduate medical training, and then working within regional and rural Australia,” Mr Joyce said.

 

Under the Rural Health Multidisciplinary Training program, $54.4 million has been allocated over 2016-17 to 2018-19 for 26 new Regional Training Hubs and three University Departments of Rural Health.

 

“Our government’s initiatives to support high quality rural placements for health students from across Australia, to help ensure regional and rural communities have access to doctors, nurses, midwives and allied health professionals in the future,” Minister Gillespie said.

 

“Supporting high quality regional and rural health training is an important way to address rural health workforce shortages.

 

“These initiatives will help the Coalition Government deliver on its commitment to provide first rate health and medical services to all Australians – regardless of where they live.”

 

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