❓ Question seeks data on Indian trainee doctors' arrival in WA public health system following Premier's speech, and raises concerns about impact on local registrars' training. Answer avoids direct figures, citing increased IMG applications and support for local registrars.
AnsweredQoN 163Legislative Council
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I refer to the Premier's speech at the 2024 Gala Dinner of the Australian Indian Medical Association Western Australia (WA), in which the Premier is reported as saying that an influx of trainee doctors from India "will arrive in Perth, ready to work across the State, in January 2025", and I ask: (a) how many trainee doctors from India began work in the WA public health system in each of the following months: (i) January 2025; (ii) February 2025; and (iii) March 2025; (b) in what hospitals, clinics or other services were the doctors in (a) employed; and (c) is the Minister aware of any concerns raised by the Australian Medical Association about the impact on training opportunities for locally trained medical registrars?
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Answered
24 June 2025
Responded by
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Health
Response time
8 days
(a-b)
The 2025 WA Health Mid-Year Centralised Resident Medical Officer and Service Medical Registrar Recruitment campaign saw an increase in International Medical Graduate (IMG) applications by over 70% on the previous year, from 66 different countries, creating an over subscription to positions available within the Western Australian (WA) health system.
Since the conclustion of the recruitment in April 2025, over 500 offers of employment have been accepted by Junior Medical Officers to commence work in the WA health system during the second half of 2025.
(c)
The State Government continues to support the training, attraction and retention of local medical registrars through a range of initiatives.
The 2025 WA Health Mid-Year Centralised Resident Medical Officer and Service Medical Registrar Recruitment campaign saw an increase in International Medical Graduate (IMG) applications by over 70% on the previous year, from 66 different countries, creating an over subscription to positions available within the Western Australian (WA) health system.
Since the conclustion of the recruitment in April 2025, over 500 offers of employment have been accepted by Junior Medical Officers to commence work in the WA health system during the second half of 2025.
(c)
The State Government continues to support the training, attraction and retention of local medical registrars through a range of initiatives.
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