A
number of issues related to Australia’s English
language
requirements and English registration standards
were
the basis of much evidence in a Senate Inquiry in
2010
into the registration process for overseas trained
doctors.
This gave national attention to language issues
and
other barriers faced by health professionals when
migrating
to Australia. In an effort to improve pathways to
achieve
qualifications, the Inquiry released a number of
recommendations
within the Standing Committee on
Health
and Ageing Report entitled ‘‘Lost in the Labyrinth:
Report
on the Inquiry into registration process and support
for
overseas trained doctors’’ (2012).