The Health Industry represents approximately 59% of the Health and Community Services workforce in Australia. Hospitals account for 31.2% of this workforce and Medical and Other Health Services account for a further 27.7%. In Queensland, Health employs approximately 164,190 workers as at May 2011, or 7% of the Queensland workforce.
There is a global shortage of physicians, nurses, allied professionals, support workers and administrators, and Queensland is no exception. A large number of health professions are included on the skills shortage list for Queensland, including:
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Health qualifications account for approximately 30.2% of the Community Services and Health VET students in Queensland, with almost 19,241 students undertaking over 3,920,281. Annual Hours Curriculum (AHC) in 2010-2011. This represents a 3.2% decrease in student numbers and 9.2% increase in AHC compared to 2009-2010. Nursing is by far the largest qualification area in Health with 29.7% of participants and 56.1% of AHC in 2010-2011.
Other significant qualification areas in 2010-2011 include:
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Sub Sector |
Total Students |
Total AHC |
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Health Support Services |
4,697 |
104,020 |
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Emergency Services |
3,345 |
118,834 |
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Health Services Assistance |
956 |
217,326 |
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Allied Health Assistance |
956 |
302,740 |
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Dental |
607 |
239,739 |
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Complementary & Alternative Health Care |
555 |
213,496 |
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health |
357 |
147,236 |
For more information view the Health Industry Skills Update Report August 2011
[1] Australian Bureau of Statistics Catalogue Number 6291.0.55.003 - Labour Force, Australia, Detailed, Quarterly, May 2011
