HeaDS UPP

About HeaDS UPP

The Health Demand and Supply Utilisation Patterns Planning (HeaDS UPP) Tool brings together health workforce and services data in one place. It supports health workforce planning and analysis across Australia.

What the tool does

HeaDS UPP helps users understand how communities access health services and where the health workforce is located. It displays data on maps so users can explore local workforce patterns and service use.

The tool draws on a range of datasets, including the Medicare Benefits Schedule, Australian General Practitioner Training, the Royal Flying Doctor Service Program, the National Health Workforce Dataset and the National Health Services Directory, Rental Housing and other health workforce and service datasets.

Users can view data by geographic areas, including General Practitioner (GP) catchments. This helps identify and understand workforce issues at a local level.

Scenario Planner

Scenario Planner is a module within HeaDS UPP. It gives users access to health workforce supply and demand models, with more detailed results than those publicly available. Users can adjust inputs to test ‘what if’ scenarios and compare results with the baseline.

Health Workforce models currently available in Scenario Planner include:

• GP
• Nursing
• Psychiatry

Additional workforce models will be added as they become available.

Learn more

Read the HeaDS UPP Tool Factsheet for more information.

If you have any questions about the HeaDS UPP Tool project please contact the Department using the details below.