Department of Health

Fee schedule for clinical placement in public health services

Guidance and direction for public health services and partner education providers in establishing fees by setting maximum chargeable fees for clinical placements.

2025 Revised schedule

The 2025 Schedule continues to provide an important statewide mechanism for gaining agreement between public health services and education providers on the matter of cost-sharing arrangements for clinical placements.

The Schedule is the product of consultation, guided by the objectives of certainty, sustainability, transparency and equity, with a focus on reducing variability and transaction costs.

The revised schedule is effective from 1 July 2024, for activity occurring from 1 January 2025. Compliance with the schedule is required in accordance with the Victorian health policy and funding guidelines.

Consultation and development of the schedule

It is widely acknowledged that there are mutual benefits to all stakeholders from clinical placements of students and these are equally valued by education providers, health services and students.

In May 2013 the department released the Standardised Schedule of Fees for Clinical Placement of Students in Victorian Public Health Services.The Schedule is intended to promote financial planning certainty in the interests of all stakeholders and for the sustainability of Victoria’s system for professional-entry clinical training.

In 2016, the department established a senior advisory group the Victorian Student Planning Advisory Group to inform the content and implementation of the Schedule.

Reviewed 19 September 2024

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