Doctors call for immediate payroll tax exemptions to ease GP crisis in the bush
AMA NSW has welcomed the government's response to a damning report on rural health but says immediate action is needed
Doctors are calling for GP practices to be given immediate payroll tax relief to help keep doctors in the bush, following a damning report into the rural health crisis.
The NSW state government last week said it will accept 41 of 44 recommendations made by a parliamentary inquiry which described a system at breaking point, with cooking and cleaning staff handling nursing duties in rural hospitals, pregnant women travelling hundreds of kilometres to give birth, and elderly patients dying on bathroom floors.
