There are always plenty of healthworker wanting to emigrate from the UK.

Recently Queensland has been very active in recruiting healthcare workers - and is still recruiting! According to the government, in the last year, recruitment figures for additional staff (extra staff over and above existing staffing levels) in Queensland have been:

  • 397 extra doctors
  • 1,812 extra nurses
  • 601 extra allied health professionals

In real terms, that translates into 4,949 doctors working in public hospitals today compared to 4,552 in June 2005. 23,723 nurses today compared to 21,911 in June 2005. 6,407 allied health professionals compared to 5,806.

The Government says it will continue to recruit aggressively to ensure hospitals have the clinical staff they need.