The NHWDS is a combination of registration and survey data collected through the registration renewal process for registered health practitioners.

Collection details

Temporal coverage

from 28/4/2011 to 31/10/2017

Geographical coverage

National and State

Data availability

  • Publications
  • Data cubes
  • Summary tables published in electronic form
  • Statistics

Data scope

Registered Health practitioners in these professions:

  • Nurse
  • Midwife
  • Chiropractor
  • Dental practitioner
  • Medical practitioner
  • Osteopath
  • Optometrist
  • Pharmacist
  • Physiotherapist
  • Podiatrist
  • Psychologist
  • Occupational therapist
  • Medical radiation practitioner
  • Chinese medicine practitioner
  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health practitioner.

Paramedicine to be added from late 2018 (to be available mid 2019).

Methodology

Admin data

Survey

Metadata information, data quality statement (DQS)

Note the names of the collection are slightly different (now called Workforce rather than Labour force). An example is the Registered health professional—hours worked in public sector, total hours NNN is now collected for clinical or direct client contact hours rather than total hours.

External links and information

Contact:

[email protected]

See:

Health workforce data (Department of Health and Aged Care)

Contact

[email protected]