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This report presents information on the allied health workforce, based on estimates derived from the National Health Workforce Data Set: allied health practitioners 2012. Data from 2011 are presented in Appendix A. This is the first report on the 11 allied health practitioners following the introduction of the National Registration and Accreditation Scheme in 2010. The professions included are: psychologists, pharmacists, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, medical radiation practitioners, optometrists, chiropractors, Chinese medicine practitioners, podiatrists, osteopaths, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health practitioners.

In 2012, more than four in five registered practitioners were actively employed in their profession (from 76.2 per cent for psychologists to 92.3 per cent for podiatrists). For most professions there were more women than men employed. The average working week for employed practitioners ranged from 31.8 hours for Chinese medicine practitioners to 40.5 hours for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health practitioners.

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Access to reliable, comprehensive, timely and nationally consistent trend data is required to understand the current health workforce and for its future planning. There is particular interest in changes to the size and composition of the various health professions, and the potential impacts of these changes on health-care delivery. This report provides data on the Australian dental practitioner workforce in 2012.

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This report outlines the workforce characteristics of nurses and midwives in 2012. Between 2008 and 2012, the number of nurses and midwives employed in nursing or midwifery increased by 7.5 per cent, from 269,909 to 290,144. During this period, nursing and midwifery supply increased by 0.5 per cent, from 1,117.8 to 1,123.6 full-time equivalent nurses and midwives per 100,000 population. In 2012, the proportion of employed nurses and midwives aged 50 or older was 39.1 per cent, an increase from 35.1 per cent in 2008.

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