10.4225/03/590ac1e667c5d Smith, T. Fred T. Fred Smith Medical manpower: the continuing crisis Monash University 2017 Immigration policy journal article 1959.1/480324 Skilled migrants 1039-4788 Medical practitioners New Zealand monash:63779 2017-05-04 05:53:40 Journal contribution https://bridges.monash.edu/articles/journal_contribution/Medical_manpower_the_continuing_crisis/4969955 Successive governments have tried to control the oversupply of doctors in Australia by restricting the entry of migrant doctors. Their efforts have not succeeded. Current policy is to insist that all new GPs take out postgraduate qualifications before practising (and to limit the number of postgraduate places to 400 p.a.). Pressure is also being applied to medical schools to limit undergraduate enrolments. The reasons for the inability to control overseas trained doctor numbers and the merits of the Government's current policies are explored. Copyright. Monash University and the author/s