Bio

Peter Brooks is Executive Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Queensland.

Peter Brooks's contributions:

Health Workforce Reform: rising to the challenge

Despite the ongoing expansion of Australia's health workforce, our health system is still not equipped to deliver appropriate and timely care to Australians, write Peter Brooks and Niki Ellis.

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• by Miriam Lyons

• workforce reform

More bang for each health care buck

Peter Brooks urges CoAG to endorse the recent Productivity Commission Report into the Health Workforce. The recommendations included in the report include calls for establishment of an agency to encourage innovation in the health work force, an education and training review council and a single, consolidated national accreditation and registration system. Brooks believes that the implementation of these recommendations is critical to the ongoing operation of the health system.

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• by brooksy1

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Health Workforce Reform — Can we achieve it?

Professor Peter Brooks warns of future health workforce problems brought on by our ageing population. He urges a review of the private sector contribution to training, consideration of alternative strategies for the delivery of care and the need to link health education with workforce issues.

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• Health