GPs offered $100,000 cash incentives as state govts ramp up bidding war
Up to 40 GPs will receive $100,000 over four years if they move to regional Tasmania amid an escalating bidding war for rural doctors between…
Tag: Rural Practice
Why the next generation of doctors could shun city practices
“My most memorable case where I had to put my foot down was an 18-year-old tradie apprentice who had put a circular saw across the…
‘After removing a rectum, I’d be in a valley with sheep and a couple of parrots’: Dr Freedman’s life in colour
In the first of the pandemic lockdowns Dr David Freedman was wondering how to fill his days, when a pair of eastern rosellas began nesting…
GP wants a sheep farmer: How medical training and love kept Dr Clare Hardie in the bush
When Dr Clare Hardie was in her third year of medical school, she fell in love with a sheep farmer. At the time, she was…
‘It’s peace of mind’: Half of GP registrars now want to be employees
The idea that GP registrars should have one continuous employer so they can actually accrue leave and benefits, rather than a series of contracts over…
‘Why would a doctor go to the bush where you’re a lone wolf making life-threatening decisions?’
This question was posed to politicians on Monday as part of a parliamentary investigation into the deepening crisis affecting rural NSW was blunt and a…
GPs owed $150,000 in locum fees after medical corporate collapses
A debt-ridden corporate that owed GPs tens of thousands of dollars in locum fees has gone into liquidation, just weeks before it was due to…
General practice hits new low after falling down the list of med student preferences
General practice has plummeted in the list of medical students’ first preferences, falling behind surgery and anaesthesia into fourth place. While rural generalism is climbing,…
It’s the ‘sickest, oldest population in the country’ yet GP practices are shutting down
At the start of the year, Dr Columbine Mullins’ practice on Hobart’s fringes was thriving. She had taken it over from a corporate owner five…
How will Dr Ernest Wong find true love if everyone within 200km is his patient?
Six months ago, Dr Ernest Wong moved from London to the tiny town of Wudinna, a six-hour drive from Adelaide. As the town’s first permanent…
