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The Workforce Incentive Program Practice Stream offers financial incentives to help general practices employ additional health professionals. This funding gives practices more flexibility to respond to their patients’ needs, from managing chronic conditions to supporting older Australians. Despite these benefits, some practices in South Western Sydney aren’t yet accessing this valuable funding.
For the first half of this year SWSPHN will approach eligible practices to gain insight and offer support to utilise and maximise this incentive.
What is the Workforce Incentive Program Practice Stream?
The Workforce Incentive Program Practice Stream (WIP – Practice Stream) encourages multidisciplinary, team-based care by providing financial incentives for practices to engage (through direct employment, contracted, casual or other means) the following professionals:
- nurses
- midwives
- allied health professionals
- audiologists
- chiropractors
- diabetes educators
- dietitians/nutritionists
- exercise physiologists
- occupational therapists
- orthoptists
- orthotists/prosthetists
- osteopaths
- paramedics
- pharmacists (non-dispensing role) conditions apply
- physiotherapists
- podiatrists
- psychologists
- social workers
- speech pathologists
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workers and practitioners
This funding is designed to complement existing services, enabling practices to offer more comprehensive care for patients with complex or chronic conditions.
How much funding is available?
Practices can receive up to $130,000 per year, with additional rural loadings available. Payments are calculated based on:
- your practice’s Standardised Whole Patient Equivalent (SWPE)
- types of health professionals employed
- average hours worked by these professionals
Who is eligible?
To participate in the Workforce Incentive Program Practice Stream, your practice must meet the following requirements:
- employ at least one full- or part-time GP
- be accredited, or registered for accreditation, against the RACGP Standards
- (if applicable) maintain eligibility for the Practice Incentives Program (PIP)
- hold public liability insurance of at least $10 million for each practice location
For full eligibility details, refer to Workforce Incentive Program Practice Stream Guidelines (41 pages).
How it works
Services Australia administers the program, and the process is straightforward:
Report: Each quarter, your practice reports the health professionals employed and their average hours worked.
Review: Services Australia provides a statement for your confirmation or corrections.
Receive payment: Once the statement is returned, the funding is paid directly to your practice.
Why take part?
Participating in the WIP – Practice Stream helps your practice:
- engage more health professionals through direct employment, contracted, casual or other means
- expand the range of services you can offer
- better meet the needs of patients with chronic or complex conditions
By increasing participation, we can also strengthen the healthcare system overall—improving patient access, reducing strain on hospitals and addressing workforce shortages, especially in rural and under-served areas.
How your practice is supported to implement WIP – Practice Stream
We understand misconceptions about program complexity and perceived administrative burden may hold some practices back. That’s why SWSPHN is working to:
- raise awareness of the WIP – Practice Stream
- survey eligible practices to gain insights on how the WIP – Practice Stream may already be used and what roadblocks exist
- address knowledge gaps about its benefits and processes
- support practices to adopt multidisciplinary care models
- support practices to apply for the WIP – Practice Stream
We are here to help
SWSPHN’s Service Support team have a special focus on increasing WIP-Practice Stream participation in our region and ensuring practices already accessing the WIP-Practice Stream are supported to enhance the current use of multidisciplinary teams within their practice.
Speak to your Practice Support Officer or Practice Advancement Officer or call us on 4632 3000 or email enquiries@swsphn.com.au