‘No penalties’ for doctors in bonded scheme contract fiasco: Hunt

Last month, participants who signed up to the revamped bonded medical school program were told that health officials had botched the paperwork
Geir O'Rourke
Federal Minister for Health Greg Hunt.

Greg Hunt has promised no doctor will be punished for breaching conditions on their bonded medical school place as a result of the scheme’s bungled revamp.

The reformed Bonded Medical Program was launched last year to allow participants to complete their rural work obligations in 12-week stints rather than through a continuous three-year period.