Advocacy

GPSA continues to champion the needs and perspectives of our members to drive meaningful improvements across the GP training landscape. Through active and expanding stakeholder engagement, we have strengthened our presence at key decision-making tables where policies and frameworks affecting GP supervisors and practices are shaped. 

GPSA has made significant investment into GP training and future health workforce including indexation of all NCP including supervisor and practice payments from 2026. Read the Commonwealth communique – Strengthening Medicare – health workforce

Our team has contributed to multiple steering groups and advisory committees and maintained regular engagement with sector partners ensuring the voice of our members remains central to the future of GP training.

We meet regularly with

• General Practice Registrars Australia (GPRA)
• Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP)
• Australian College of Rural & Remote Medicine (ACRRM)
• Commonwealth Government departments
• Remote Vocational Training Scheme (RVTS)
• Joint Colleges Training Services (JCTS)
• Australian Medical Association (AMA)
• Australian Association of Practice Management (AAPM)
• Australian Indigenous Doctors’ Association (AIDA)
• Indigenous GP Training Network (IGPTN)
• Medical Deans Australia and New Zealand (MDANZ)
• Universities and rural training hubs
• Jurisdictional Single Employer Model (SEM) teams
• Rural Doctors Association of Australia (RDAA)
• Postgraduate medical councils
• Rural workforce agencies
• State-funded rural generalist pathways
• National Rural Health Commissioner
• Workforce Planning and Prioritisation Organisations

We use these sector opportunities to promote the issues our members have shared with us as priorities, such as:

• Placement processes
• Sustainability of the supervision workforce
• Sustainability of training in community practices
• Lack of screening and preparation for incoming registrars
• Integration of supervision across the educational continuum