The man leading Australia's billion-dollar attempts at workforce reform says the health system needs to "refocus" on generalist medicine, claiming specialisation has "gone too far".
Jim McGinty, chair of Health Workforce Australia, is due to hand to ministers the agency's report on workforce planning, including details on the specialists the country will require over the next 15 years.
Speaking at the AGPN conference in Melbourne last month, Mr McGinty said: "Specialisation has gone too far, driven by the professions and supported by employers … while at the opposite end, the capacity of GPs, generalists and support workers are not being sufficiently valued or managed."
He said there...
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