The RACGP national workforce strategy 2025–30 is a bold and collaborative plan to ensure that all people in Australia – no matter where they live – have access to high-quality general practice care.

This landmark five-year strategy sets a national vision to grow, support and sustain the general practice workforce. Developed with input from governments, RACGP faculties, health services, and frontline GPs, the strategy provides practical solutions to strengthen general practice pathways from medical school to retirement.

This work has already led to real outcomes. Through successful collaboration and strong advocacy by the RACGP, the solutions-focused strategy helped secure vital Commonwealth support and funding commitments that will shape the future of GP training and workforce development across Australia.

The strategy identifies eight key priorities:

• Address the maldistribution of GPs and ensure equitable access to care across rural, regional, remote and outer-urban communities
• Tackle workforce imbalances between generalist and subspecialist training
• Strengthen and simplify GP training and career pathways
• Support a flexible, future-ready workforce that adapts to changing models of care
• Improve support for GPs at all stages of their careers to ensure work-readiness and wellbeing
• Drive national coordination and accountability through better data and joint planning
• Increase the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander GPs and embed cultural safety in training and care
• Ensure registrars are properly supported – and not relied on to fill long-term staffing gaps in the health system

To support these efforts, the RACGP will produce regular reports that provide a point-in-time snapshot of Australia’s general practice workforce landscape, as well as the College’s Training Pathways.

The inaugural report has now been published and tracks key trends in GP distribution, training, and capacity to help plan for a strong and sustainable future.