State to lure overseas doctors with $8k cash incentives

WA Minister for Health Roger Cook says more than 200 junior doctors from the UK and Ireland are set to arrive in the next few weeks.
Australian Associated Press

WA will offer international doctors and nurses $8000 in relocation sweeteners in the latest bid to fix hospital staff shortages.

Minister for Health Roger Cook unveiled details of a recruitment plan on Tuesday to be funded in next month’s state budget.