Twenty GPs offered advanced obstetrics training to fix Queensland’s maternity crisis

Associate Professor Gino Pecoraro has expressed doubts the initiative will help to solve the crisis.
Sarah Simpkins
Professor Gino Pecoraro.

Training 20 GPs in advanced obstetrics is the Queensland Government’s latest fix for dealing with its maternity service crisis.

There have been long-running concerns about the staffing shortages in regional and rural areas of the state, with hospital units being overwhelmed by demand.