GP workforce numbers collapse to five-year low, report reveals
FTE GPs are at their lowest point since 2018, the Productivity Commission has found.
Australia had 29,215 FTE GPs in 2023, the lowest number since 2018 and the fewest FTE GPs per patient since 2015, the Productivity Commission has found.
Illustrating the concerns for the GP workforce from both doctors and politicians, the analysis of unpublished government data shows that the collapse mostly unfolded between 2021 and 2023.
