Hospitals offer to pay for rural generalists to work in GP clinics
The hope is the initiative will help address the rural workforce shortage
A NSW hospital system will pay rural generalist trainees to divide their time between hospitals and GP practices as part of an initiative to boost its workforce.
Currently, rural generalist registrars in the state are employed under separate contracts for their hospital and general practice work, meaning they can miss out on accrued benefits compared with doctors working in hospitals full time.
