‘We can’t get a GP if there’s nowhere for them to stay’: Retired doctor’s fight for GP housing

Dr Joanna Payne wants a permanent GP to work in Geeveston.

When Dr Joanna Payne started as a doctor in Port Hedland, WA, the first house she was provided for work “nearly got blown off with a cyclone”. 

The second was more stable, she remembers.

But importantly, being provided with accommodation meant she could spend five years working in the town. 

This experience recently inspired the retired GP to petition local councillors to buy a house to attract a GP to her current hometown: Geeveston, in southern Tasmania.

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