Some communities in the ACT now or in the future may not have enough GPs. This might be because there aren’t enough GPs or because the community’s healthcare needs are increasing.
The national General Practice Workforce Planning and Prioritisation (WPP) Program is seeking insights from a range of communities across the ACT and NSW. Based on what communities say and the information about what their health care needs are now and into the future, the WPP program will make suggestions on places where doctors could be located while they are training to become GPs. These places are suggestions, and the GP training colleges will make the decisions on where doctors do their training.
In NSW and ACT, the WPP program is being run by the ACT Primary Health Network (Capital Health Network). Capital Health Network is working together with all the NSW Primary Health Networks on the program.