http://www.spinnermedical.com/blog.aspxLatest blog posts from Spinner Medical Recruitment.en-gbSun, 14 Jun 2026 15:38:36 GMTwww.firefishsoftware.comCommon questions we get from senior medical practitioners is about the schooling system in Australia. My father owned and ran a childcare centre and still works in the independent schools sector. My eldest son went to government primary school in North West Sydney. Australia doesn t have a single national ...https://www.spinnermedical.com/blog/view/73/quick-guide-to-the-australian-school-system.aspxhttps://www.spinnermedical.com/blog/view/73/quick-guide-to-the-australian-school-system.aspxMon, 08 Jun 2026 16:06:58 GMTThe Medical Board of Australia s 2025 Specialist Pathway data has been released earlier than expected, which is always welcome. It provides a very interesting picture of Australia s international specialist workforce applications to the various medical colleges. Aside from wishing all these specialists were registering with my agency what ...https://www.spinnermedical.com/blog/view/72/2025-specialist-pathway-data-what-it-means-for-australia-s-international-specialist-workforce.aspxhttps://www.spinnermedical.com/blog/view/72/2025-specialist-pathway-data-what-it-means-for-australia-s-international-specialist-workforce.aspxTue, 02 Jun 2026 15:33:49 GMTThe latest 2024 RANZCP specialist pathway data was published so I thought to share some points that may be of interest to you from a psychiatry workforce perspective. These figures are from 1st Jan 31 Dec 2024. 123 applications to RANZCP 66 substantially comparable 48 partially comparable 7 not comparable ...https://www.spinnermedical.com/blog/view/71/ranzcp-sees-record-breaking-simg-interest-in-2024.aspxhttps://www.spinnermedical.com/blog/view/71/ranzcp-sees-record-breaking-simg-interest-in-2024.aspxWed, 13 May 2026 07:15:26 GMTPsychiatry was added to the Medical Board of Australia s Expedited Specialist Pathway in December 2024. AHPRA has now released its 2025 data for this new pathway, which gives us the first proper look at how the pathway is being used and how many psychiatrists applied for the ESP Psychiatry. ...https://www.spinnermedical.com/blog/view/70/expedited-specialist-pathway-for-psychiatry-first-year-data.aspxhttps://www.spinnermedical.com/blog/view/70/expedited-specialist-pathway-for-psychiatry-first-year-data.aspxFri, 24 Apr 2026 15:03:15 GMTA few months ago I received positive feedback about the Aussie property info I had included in my newsletter and job alerts register on my website for these regular updates here Therefore, here are the latest median values at March 2026. Anecdotally, I heard from specialists who had moved to ...https://www.spinnermedical.com/blog/view/69/march-2026-australian-house-prices.aspxhttps://www.spinnermedical.com/blog/view/69/march-2026-australian-house-prices.aspxFri, 20 Mar 2026 14:47:18 GMTThis blog is about the major changes the Royal Australasian College of Physicians have made to their assessment process following the introduction of the Expedited Specialist Pathway for General Medicine and General Paediatrics. It is important to note the following. RACP is the medical college which controls the application and ...https://www.spinnermedical.com/blog/view/68/new-racp-accelerated-pathway-and-summary.aspxhttps://www.spinnermedical.com/blog/view/68/new-racp-accelerated-pathway-and-summary.aspxWed, 18 Mar 2026 17:23:03 GMTNew Specialties have been into the Expedited Specialist Pathway ESP The Medical Board of Australia MBA has just added two major specialties to the Expedited Specialist Pathway ESP General Medicine General Paediatrics Remember, the ESP is already available for GP, Psychiatry, Anaesthesia, and Obstetrics Gynaecology. If you ve read my ...https://www.spinnermedical.com/blog/view/67/new-medical-specialties-announced-for-australia-s-expedited-specialist-pathway.aspxhttps://www.spinnermedical.com/blog/view/67/new-medical-specialties-announced-for-australia-s-expedited-specialist-pathway.aspxThu, 29 Jan 2026 21:22:18 GMTI received such a positive response to my previous blog post on the psychiatry workforce in Australia that I decided to focus on anaesthesia in this one. The statistics below refer specifically to specialist anaesthetists, not pain medicine specialists. From my own experience recruiting anaesthetists, it has consistently been very ...https://www.spinnermedical.com/blog/view/65/anaesthesia-workforce-in-australia.aspxhttps://www.spinnermedical.com/blog/view/65/anaesthesia-workforce-in-australia.aspxTue, 23 Dec 2025 11:40:52 GMTThe Australian Government s Department of Health Disability and Aging has published an important report called The Psychiatry Supply and Demand Study PSDS The PSDS is a health workforce model which projects levels of supply and demand of Psychiatrists in Australia between the years 2024-2048. Before we look closely at ...https://www.spinnermedical.com/blog/view/64/australian-psychiatry-workforce-projections-2024-2048.aspxhttps://www.spinnermedical.com/blog/view/64/australian-psychiatry-workforce-projections-2024-2048.aspxFri, 24 Oct 2025 07:42:15 GMTImportant News for Psychiatrists currently working in or interested in moving to NSW, including in Sydney. Consultant Psychiatrists Consultants are called Staff or Senior Staff Specialists in NSW working for NSW Health will receive a new 10 attraction and retention allowance. This new allowance is in addition to the 10 ...https://www.spinnermedical.com/blog/view/62/new-pay-increase-for-psychiatrists-in-nsw.aspxhttps://www.spinnermedical.com/blog/view/62/new-pay-increase-for-psychiatrists-in-nsw.aspxFri, 03 Oct 2025 09:43:51 GMT