scholarly journals Strengthening the allied health workforce: policy, practice and research issues and opportunities

2015 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 241 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucio Naccarella
Keyword(s):  
Health Workforce ◽  
Allied Health ◽  
Research Issues ◽  
Policy Practice ◽  
Workforce Policy ◽  
Health Workforce Policy

Using economic analysis in health workforce policy-making

2016 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edson C. Araujo ◽  
Timothy Grant Evans ◽  
Akiko Maeda
Keyword(s):  
Economic Analysis ◽  
Health Workforce ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Workforce Policy ◽  
Health Workforce Policy

Health workforce policy and industrial relations in Australia: ministerial insights into challenges and opportunities for reform

2014 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 471 ◽  
Author(s):  
Silvana Sgrò
Keyword(s):  
Health Policy ◽  
Health Workforce ◽  
Attorney General ◽  
Industrial Relations ◽  
Policy Formation ◽  
Research Report ◽  
Reform Process ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks ◽  
Workforce Policy ◽  
Health Workforce Policy

Since the Productivity Commission released its research report Australia’s Health Workforce in 2005, there has been a significant increase in government funding and policy capacity aimed at health workforce reform and innovation in Australia. This research paper presents the results of semistructured interviews with three key stakeholders in health policy formation in Australia: (1) The Honourable Lindsay Tanner, former Federal Minister for Finance and therefore 100% shareholder of Medibank Private on behalf of the Commonwealth; (2) The Honourable Daniel Andrews, former Victorian Minister for Health and current Victorian Opposition Leader; and (3) The Honourable Jim McGinty, former Minister for Health and Attorney General of Western Australia and current inaugural Chair of Health Workforce Australia. The paper examines key issues they identified in relation to health workforce policy in Australia, particularly where it intersects with industrial relations, and conducts a comparative analysis between their responses and theoretical methodologies of policy formation as a means of informing a reform process. What is known about the topic? Australia is experiencing an increasing demand for ever-improving health services and outcomes from an increasingly health-literate public, coupled with significant workforce shortages across some key categories of healthcare professionals. Health costs are also increasing. As a result governments in all nine jurisdictions in Australia are seeking to rein in those costs without negatively impacting on quality, safety or continued improvements in health outcomes. They are simultaneously seeking to minimise any political controversy or negative electoral repercussions associated with health reform. What does this paper add? This paper further informs an understanding of how health workforce policy is formulated and implemented by presenting the results of interviews with two former Ministers for Health and the former Federal Finance Minister on health workforce policy reform in Australia. It analyses their responses and their decision-making processes against theoretical frameworks of health policy formation, including agenda setting, and the political reality of policy formation at a ministerial level. What are the implications for practitioners? This paper provides a unique and original analysis for practitioners of policy formation. It also illustrates and analyses ministerial insights into the current health workforce reform agenda being developed and implemented by the Council of Australian Governments and contributes to an evidence base of the reform process going forward.

scholarly journals Researching the health workforce: a framework for action

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (Supplement_4) ◽  
Author(s):  
E Kuhlmann ◽  
R Batenburg ◽  
G Dussault
Keyword(s):  
Policy Implementation ◽  
Health Systems ◽  
Health Workforce ◽  
Knowledge Gaps ◽  
Future Health ◽  
Health Workforce Governance ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Workforce Policy ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Health Workforce Policy

Abstract Background The importance of a sustainable health workforce is increasingly recognised. However, the building of a future health workforce that is responsive to diverse population needs and demographic and economic change remains challenging. There is a need to improve research and education to address these questions effectively and build capacity for public health approaches in health workforce policy. This paper introduces an agenda for health workforce research. Methods The research agenda has been developed through bringing together expertise and knowledge from a wide range of authors and leading organisations involved in health workforce research and policy. It takes a health system approach and focuses on Europe. Results Six major objectives for health workforce policy were identified: (1) to develop frameworks that align health systems/governance and health workforce policy/planning, (2) to explore the effects of changing skill mixes and competencies across sectors and occupational groups, (3) to map how education and health workforce governance can be better integrated, (4) to analyse the impact of health workforce mobility on health systems, (5) to optimise the use of international/EU, national and regional health workforce data and monitoring and (6) to build capacity for policy implementation. The research highlights critical knowledge gaps that currently hamper the opportunities of effectively responding to these challenges and advising policymakers in different health systems. Closing these knowledge gaps is therefore an important step towards future health workforce governance and policy implementation. Conclusions There is an urgent need for building health workforce research as an independent, interdisciplinary and multi-professional field. Action has to be taken to establish new training courses and Master programmes to create competences for leadership in health workforce research.

scholarly journals A strife of interests: A qualitative study on the challenges facing oral health workforce policy and planning

Health Policy ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 123 (11) ◽  
pp. 1068-1075 ◽  
Author(s):  
Madhan Balasubramanian ◽  
David S. Brennan ◽  
Stephanie D Short ◽  
Jennifer E Gallagher
Keyword(s):  
Oral Health ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Health Workforce ◽  
Workforce Policy ◽  
Policy And Planning ◽  
Health Workforce Policy

scholarly journals Stakeholders' perspectives on health workforce policy reform

2007 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 385 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valerie A Hepburn ◽  
Judith Healy
Keyword(s):  
Health Workforce ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Opinion Leaders ◽  
Electronic Survey ◽  
Stakeholder Perspectives ◽  
Workforce Policy ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
Policy Opinion ◽  
Long Range Planning ◽  
Health Workforce Policy

We administered an electronic survey in October? November 2006 to gauge stakeholder perspectives on Australia?s recently adopted health workforce policies. Nearly all of the 41 survey respondents (65% response rate) ranked workforce as very important to overall health policy. Respondents identified decreasing health disparities and rates of disease and mortality as top goals, and identified improved quality and safety and more professionals in rural areas as priority measures for success. Lack of coordination between the governments and insufficient long-range planning were seen as threats to the success of the new workforce initiatives. The survey results suggest the need for clear goals and measurable outcomes. Although they represented different organisations and perspectives, the health workforce policy opinion leaders that participated in this survey reflected remarkable commonality in goals, measures, alternatives, and potential threats.

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