AGPT definition

AGPT means Australian General Practice Training, the GP training initiative funded by the Commonwealth Government, and its successor programs;
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Examples of AGPT in a sentence

  • Stakeholders provided consistent feedback for the remit of the NTCER to be applied to all GP training pathways - not just the AGPT.

  • In addition to the need to expand the NTCER, the 2024 review also resulted in the billing cycle changes included in Schedule A – Remuneration (AGPT), fulfilling one of the primary roles of this Agreement: to provide two-way protections for our members and the future of GP training.

  • The NTCER was originally designed to provide clarity regarding the application of the National Employment Standards (NES) within the specific context of the Australian General Practice Training (AGPT) program.

  • Since the NTCER’s inception, alongside the AGPT, the general practice training sector has seen changes to existing, and the introduction of new, GP specialist training pathways.

  • Practices and trainees engaged with pathways other than the AGPT are encouraged to adapt the terms and conditions in this version for their own circumstances while the new schedules are developed for 2025.2.

  • Schedule A – Remuneration (AGPT) is revised annually to incorporate these adjustments by MBS indexation as well as any supplementary increases to base rates agreed in the biennial review process.

  • As a result of the 2024 NTCER review, 2 consecutive increases of 3.5% were agreed upon for the base rate payable to GPT1/CGT1 registrars on the AGPT pathway.

  • It is a requirement that employment of registrars on the AGPT program complies with the NTCER; in the case of new models of GP specialist registrar employment (pilots or other), alternative industrial arrangements must accord with terms and conditions no less favourable than what has been outlined in the NTCER.

  • Participants in GP training called for this Agreement to provide greater certainty for the rights and responsibilities of training practices and registrars on all pathways, not just the AGPT, as well as those engaged under secondment arrangements such as with the Australian Defence Forces (ADF) or other pilot Single Employment Models (SEMs).

  • This current version of the NTCER supersedes any previous Agreement and is intended for use throughout the AGPT program.