The 2023-24 Health Workforce Needs Assessment Summary Report focuses on the pressing health workforce needs in rural New South Wales. It seeks to articulate and address these needs by highlighting current challenges and providing actionable solutions to ensure sustainable and equitable access to healthcare for rural communities.

This paper investigated technology and connectivity issues in rural New South Wales general practices. It found 87% of practices reported issues impacting staff's capability, with internet problems being the most frequent. Smaller practices faced more issues than larger ones.

This study examined the impact of recovery funding on rural health practitioners and staff following the 2019-2022 bushfires. The funding provided access to professional development, which positively impacted staff well-being, capability, and resilience in the face of natural disasters.

This paper presents MAIM (Measurement Advantage Implementation Model), an evidence-based framework for implementing Organisational Performance Measurement in non-acute health charities. MAIM integrates five components: theoretical scaffold, guiding principles, implementation framework, measurement domains, and monitoring tools to improve charity accountability and performance.

Across Australia, providing sustainable primary care services in small rural communities (<1000 population) has been increasingly challenging. It is acknowledged that health system planners must take coordinated action to strengthen systems to enable a community-empowered response to such challenges. In partnership with the Australian Government, Collaborative Care is a whole-of-system approach used in five Australian rural sub-regions to align communities, organisations, policy and funding levers with a common purpose in health workforce and service planning.

Australia has recently been heavily impacted by natural disasters and emergencies including drought, bushfire, floods and COVID-19. The New South Wales Rural Doctors Network (RDN) and partners developed and implemented strategies to support the primary health care response during this challenging time.

A study of 258 Australian outreach health practitioners during COVID-19 found 92.2% were satisfied. Key factors for satisfaction were good communication, a blended telehealth/in-person approach, and high self-rated capability, all vital for staff retention.

This paper examines staff perceptions of implementing a performance measurement framework in a non-acute health charity. Participants supported the framework, identifying six key themes: clarity, adaptability, alignment, transparent communication, capability, and accountability. The study suggests this framework may also be useful for other non-profit industries.

This study evaluated the effectiveness of the Non-acute Health Charity Performance Implementation Framework (NCPI) Framework for implementing Organisational Performance Measurement (OPM) in a non-acute health charity. Using mixed methods research over 12 months, results showed significant improvements in OPM utility and usability, with six key success themes identified: clarity, adaptability, alignment, transparent communication, capability, and accountability.

This study investigates patient experiences and satisfaction with rural outreach clinics in New South Wales, Australia. Of the 207 participants, 93% were satisfied with the services. The respectful behavior of healthcare practitioners was significantly associated with higher patient satisfaction.

The 2021-22 Primary Health Workforce Needs Assessment Summary Report seeks to inform, and guide effective responses by articulating the current state of the primary health workforce in NSW and identifying needs in the following priority areas: access, quality and future planning. It explores factors such as natural disasters and emergencies, internet connectivity and health workforce capability.

This study explored rural health professionals' perceptions of health workforce capability and persuasive design techniques. It translated these insights into recommendations for designing an app to increase recruitment and retention of rural health professionals.