Services for People in Rural and Remote Areas

Follow the links below to find information on services for people in rural and remote areas.

Reviewed January 2008

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Title:   Medical Rural Bonded (MRB) Scholarships
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Medical Rural Bonded (MRB) Scholarships are an initiative to deliver more doctors and better health services to rural and regional communities.
Date:   May 2008
Title:   Rural Retention Program
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The Rural Retention Program (RRP) is an initiative that recognises long-serving general practitioners in rural and remote communities that may experience significant difficulties in retaining general practitioners. Communities in which these doctors work will benefit through improved access to general practice services and continuity of health care.
Date:   Apr 2008
Title:   Rural women's GP service
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Information about the Rural Women's GP Service.
Date:   Apr 2008
Title:   Regional Health Services
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   This program helps small rural communities with a population of less than 5000 people improve their access to local primary health care services.
Date:   Apr 2008
Title:   Rural health services
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Information on a range of rural health services and initiatives.
Date:   Apr 2008
Title:   Rural Advanced Specialist Trainee Support
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The Rural Advanced Specialist Trainee Support (RASTS) program funds specialist training initiatives in rural Australia.
Date:   Feb 2008
Title:   Advanced Specialist Training Posts in Rural Areas
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   $2 million is allocated annually through the Advanced Specialist Training Posts in Rural Areas (ASTPRA) program to the state governments and the Northern Territory government for accredited advanced specialist training posts in rural and regional areas.
Date:   Feb 2008
Title:   Specialist Re-Entry Program
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The Specialist Re-Entry Program (SREP) aims to increase the specialist workforce by supporting specialists who want to resume clinical practice after having taken a break; specialists who want to re-enter an area of specialty in order to expand the medical services that they provide; and qualified proceduralists who wish to resume procedural work.
Date:   Feb 2008
Title:   Support Scheme for Rural Specialists
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The Support Scheme for Rural Specialists (SSRS) provides funding for innovative approaches to support the continuing professional development (CPD) and peer support needs of specialists practising in rural and remote areas.
Date:   Feb 2008
Title:   Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Information on the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) and its delivery of primary health services to people who live, travel or work in rural and remote communities in Australia.
Date:   Jan 2008
Title:   Country Outreach Service
Publisher:   Novita Children's Services
Description:   Information is provided about the services provided by metropolitan regional offices of Novita to particular country areas of South Australia.
Date:   Dec 2007
Title:   Nurse Scholarship Program
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The Nurse Scholarship Program offers incentives to individuals wishing to pursue or build on a career in rural or remote area nursing and to nurses wishing to re-enter the nursing workforce anywhere in Australia.
Date:   Dec 2007
Title:   Support for rural health professionals
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Information on a range of rural health workforce support initiatives.
Date:   Oct 2007
Title:   Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander rural health workforce
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Information on a range of programs and services to improve the Indigenous health workforce and the health of Indigenous peoples.
Date:   Feb 2005
Title:   Multipurpose Services
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The Department provides aged care funding which is combined with state health service funding to bring a flexible mix and range of aged care and health services together under one management structure in small rural communities.
Date:   Sep 2004
Title:   Multipurpose Services - Introduction
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Background information on the development of the Multipurpose Service (MPS) program, together with its objectives and benefits.
Date:   Sep 2004
Title:   Multipurpose Services - Leading Practice Support Program
Publisher:   Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Describes the activities that explore different ways of improving the quality of MPS service delivery.
Date:   May 2004
Title:   Multipurpose services - fees and charges for aged care services
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Outlines the fees, charges and conditions for aged care services in an MPS as set out under the User Rights Principles within the Aged Care Principles 1999.
Date:   May 2004
Title:   Multipurpose services - improving service quality
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Describes the continuous quality improvement framework for an Multipurpose Service (MPS).
Date:   May 2004
Title:   Multipurpose Services - Revising the Funding Agreement
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Describes how to revise an existing MPS funding agreement.
Date:   May 2004
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