‘It’s worse than ever,’ says GP struggling under the cost of locums
When Dr Gundi Muller-Grotjan told patients she would be forced to close one of her two clinics for a couple of days a week because…
Tag: Rural Practice
The ‘hidden curriculum’ in medical schools undermines general practice, says top dean
The RACGP and ACRRM have failed to fill training positions, and a generation of GPs are nearing retirement — so it is no surprise alarm…
Quiz — Are you liable for this rural patient’s prolonged hospital stay?
You are one of two GPs in a small country town. Once a month a surgeon flies in to do a list for you and…
GPs mull next steps after private takeover rejected following their threats to quit
A private takeover of a GP practice, which nearly led all five GPs to resign, has been halted after failing to win enough support from the…
Doctor staffing crisis overcome at Gladstone Hospital
A hospital banned from providing full birthing services because of a shortage of obstetricians and gynaecologists is now back offering care to women with low-risk…
How lack of childcare options forced this GP to take her three kids into work
When Dr Alison Jones had her third child, she became so frustrated with the lack of childcare facilities in her rural town that she decided…
‘In non-doctor speak, the patient is f***ed’: a GP’s story
GP and writer Dr Sonia Henry put jolts through the medical profession when she published an anonymous opinion piece in 2017 about medicine’s “shameful and…
From the archives: How Tina Turner saved more lives than me in the town of Tara
This week came news that Tina Turner, dubbed the Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll, died aged 83 at her home in Switzerland. Regarded as one…
We don’t have to let IMGs flounder in isolated communities with no backup. Here’s why…
How do we fill medical workforce holes in communities? When it comes to rural communities we rely on parachuting in GPs, typically international medical graduates.…
‘I fell in love with a town I’d never visited’: Julia Creek finally gets a GP
A joke from Dr Adam Louws’ mother-in-law was ultimately the reason that Julia Creek, a town 600km west of Townsville, nabbed its first permanent GP…
