It’s the ‘sickest, oldest population in the country’ yet GP practices are shutting down

Dr Columbine Mullins has been forced to close one of her three practices in Tasmania because of GP workforce woes.
Dr Columbine Mullins.

At the start of the year, Dr Columbine Mullins’ practice on Hobart’s fringes was thriving.

She had taken it over from a corporate owner five years ago, when it was teetering on the brink of closure.