The Federal Government is set to speed up the process by which they recognise the qualifications of nurses from a number of countries in a bid to help the critical shortage of health staff in Australia.

Australian Medical Association in Queensland President Dr Nick Yim told Peter Fegan on 4BC Breakfast, "It isn't a long-term strategy, as you say, it is a Band-Aid fix."

"We've got a brain trust from general practice, public hospital, private hospital, from a training and also medical student to look at the whole pathway, to look at moving forward so we can give strategies to government."

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