ArticleAustralasian psychiatry : bulletin of Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists2024
Australian specialised mental healthcare labour shortages: Potential interventions for consideration and further research.
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Abstract
objectiveSpecialised mental healthcare delivery is highly labour intensive, and the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated workforce shortfalls. We explore the information on the mental healthcare labour supply in Australia from a health policy viewpoint. Our purpose is to stimulate discussion, further research and development of interventions.
conclusionsThe mental healthcare labour market has a number of features that make it prone to shortages and other distortions. These include: the labour-intensive nature of healthcare work;, long-training periods; that traditional policy levers like pay are only partially effective; as well as other challenges in retaining and recruiting mental health nurses and psychiatrists, especially in public mental health services. Further research is needed to develop and evaluate effective interventions.
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