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    Tag: rural

    GP couple who moved to Australia in 1973 retire after a combined century in general practice

    November 14, 2024

    After treating an estimated 60,000 patients between them, GP couple Dr Promila Singh-Panwar and Dr Thakur Singh-Panwar are retiring while they remain “rational and logical”.…

    ‘My double life as a puzzler’: GP among world’s fastest jigsaw solvers

    November 12, 2024

    Unlike most pandemic hobbies, Dr Hannah Farthing’s obsession with jigsaw puzzles did not end with the COVID-19 lockdowns. Instead the pastime has taken her into…

    From foster care and med school rejection to intern: Dr Taylor Glover’s story

    November 12, 2024

    Dr Taylor Glover was 11 when her home life fell apart.  “Growing up, there was drug abuse, alcohol abuse and violence,” she says. × Welcome…

    Dr Marian Dover: A rural generalist’s 4000km journey to escape the ‘path to nowhere’

    November 8, 2024

    When GP Dr Marian Dover saw the job of her dreams, with the thrill, she also experienced a little trepidation at what would come with…

    5.4 million more bulk-billed GP consults a year thanks to tripled incentives: Mark Butler

    November 4, 2024

    The GP bulk-billing rate has climbed from 75.6% to 77.3% in the year since tripled bulk-billing incentives began, says Minister for Health and Aged Care…

    ‘Being an aged care doctor is not about being a saint — the rewards are there in front of you’

    October 28, 2024

    GP Dr Fiona Wallace, who trained in the Hebridean islands of Scotland, became disillusioned with her work at an Australian rural ED after seeing so…

    ‘Health ministers have been fed something toxic’: Medical board to begin fast-tracking overseas doctors from next week

    October 16, 2024

    News that Australia had opened a new fast-track super-highway to import foreign specialists to fix its beleaguered health system resulted in a big exclusive for…

    Dodgy locums, ‘extortionate’ flights and the battle against loneliness: The lives of surgeons in the bush

    October 10, 2024

    What is life like for a general surgeon who moves to a rural area, often far away from colleagues and the opportunity for a hallway…

    ‘You can’t put a price on getting a GP’: Local council spends 10% of its budget on new doctor

    September 17, 2024

    When a small WA town heard their GP was leaving, the council’s phones ran hot with residents urging the shire to secure another doctor. The…

    ‘The retrieval guy asked which patient to take — there was only room for one’

    September 16, 2024

    “There is a little town on the NSW and Queensland border called Tenterfield. It is the only time I have ever had a chopper on…

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