Medical workforce issues

The ACCC has had some concerns about the Australian Medical Workforce Advisory Committee (AMWAC) process for some time, including its perceived lack of independence from the profession.

After talks with AMWAC about its concerns, the ACCC accepted an open invitation by AMWAC to examine its process. For that purpose, the ACCC engaged Professor Borland to critically examine the AMWAC 1999 review of orthopaedic surgery workforce in Australia and report to the ACCC.  Professor Borland’s reports were released in September 2001 and were provided to a team then conducting a review of AMWAC (see publications in Related topics).