‘I’ve not had one doctor apply in four years’: Fighting to survive a GP drought
Practice manager Lorraine Parker says her Blue Mountains practice has not accepted new patients for a year.
“I’ve had to close the practice three or four days over the last six months because I had no doctors.
“That’s never happened in the 15 years we’ve been open.”
Practice manager Lorraine Parker is close to tears talking about the GP shortage in Katoomba, in NSW’s Blue Mountains, though she knows her area is not alone.
“It’s really, really depressing,” she says.
