Medical Training Review Panel MembershipThe member organisations and MTRP members as at 30 June 2009 is provided below. The last report of the Biennial Review of the Medical Provider Number Legislation was tabled in Parliament in December 2005. These reports were initially tabled in Parliament every two years by the Minister, but in 2005, it was agreed that these only be undertaken every five years. The recent rapid increase in medical graduate numbers has added to this issue, with hospitals adapting to the larger number of students and doctors in training. The amendments include the requirement for reports to be commissioned by the Minister for Health and Ageing on the effect of the provider number arrangements. These amendments ensured that monitoring and reporting on postgraduate training places continued into the future, by making the MTRP a permanent body.
This legislation was amended by the Health Legislation Amendment (Medical Practitioners' Qualifications and Other Measures) Act 2001, which came into effect on 18 October 2001. Role of the Medical Training Review PanelThe MTRP was established to monitor the demand for and supply of medical training opportunities and to monitor the implementation of particular measures in the Health Insurance Amendment Act (No 2) 1996. These arrangements generally require medical practitioners to complete a recognised postgraduate training program, as either a general practitioner or other specialist, before they are eligible to provide services that attract Medicare benefits.
Under section 3GC of the Health Insurance Act 1973, the Medical Training Review Panel (MTRP) is required to examine the demand for and supply of medical training opportunities and to monitor the effect of the Medicare provider number arrangements. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health.Department of Health | Appendix A: Medical Training Review Panel Role and Membership