‘You can’t put a price on getting a GP’: Local council spends 10% of its budget on new doctor
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…
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‘The retrieval guy asked which patient to take — there was only room for one’
“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…
Locum fees should be capped amid ‘excruciating’ workforce crisis, says next ACRRM president
“While we continue to have locums paid as handsomely as they are, we will continue to have excruciating workforce shortages.” Dr Rod Martin, ACRRM’s president-elect,…
Can a crack squad of GPs on govt salaries fix this state’s workforce woes?
GPs who join the Tasmanian Government’s rapid response team to parachute into practices that need help will be paid $210,000-$288,000 as a base salary, according…
‘There are better doctors than me out here. I can only survive the dysfunction by coming and going’
Dr Kirsten Due knew all too well the desperate state of remote area health services. Here is her story. The two-year-old boy is near respiratory failure as we…
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…
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…
Half of newly registered doctors are IMGs, new government figures show
More than one in two doctors newly registered in Australia last year were IMGs, with figures showing annual arrivals have risen by 50% since pre-COVID-19…
Pompous colleges, bow ties and pointless PhDs: Dr Colin McClintock on specialist training
Renal specialist Dr Colin McClintock recently took a swipe at ‘pompous, bow tie-wearing’, city-centric specialists when he appeared at a NSW Government inquiry. His lashing…
‘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…
