Blogs by tag - DPA (Distribution Priority Area)

The Role of the Distribution Working Group and the Latest Updates on the DPA

In July 2019, the Distribution Priority Area (DPA) classification system started to facilitate placing medical practitioners in communities with acute needs.The medical practitioners that can wo...

GPs can now challenge the DPA classification for their area

Practices can now request a review of their area’s DPA status, allowing them to access benefits like hiring International Medical Graduates and Australian-trained bonded doctors.The review was a...

Do H Health Workforce Division May2020 Covid 19 Communication Summary Of Changes

Temporary changes to requirements under s19AA and 19AB of the Health Insurance Act 1973

The Health Workforce Division in the Rural Access Branch of the Australian Government Department of Health has released an official communication about temporary changes to requirements under s19AA...

Distribution Priority Area (DPA) has arrived!

Four weeks in, the dust has settled on the new DPA landscape and as you can see from the map the DPA area is vast but the opportunity closer to Metro is few and far between.The Distribution Priorit...

Another change to the landscape of General Practice - farewell District Workforce Shortage (DWS)

For at least the last 5 years the DOH (Department of Health) has been suggesting big changes were ahead in relation to classifications - first RRMA, then RA and then DWS.When the Modified Monash Mo...