Source: The Australian Government Department of Health administrative data
Current Distribution of Overseas Trained Doctors
The intake of overseas trained doctors by all states and territories increased from 2014.
Table 5.10 shows which jurisdictions were relatively more reliant on overseas trained doctors to provide services in 2015. The largest number of overseas trained doctors (3,591) was in Queensland, closely followed by New South Wales (3,503) and Victoria (3,190).
Table 5.10: Overseas trained doctors by state/territory, 2015
