Dr Graham Rowlands and the bizarre attempt to ditch him for a super clinic dream
Listening to Dr Graham Rowlands describe his career would probably give GPs the idea that he is treasured by the community he cares for. He…
Tag: rural
Payroll tax: GP corporates ‘being audited as we speak’
Several GP corporates are facing payroll tax audits, the CEO of Ochre Health says, although his company has not received an audit notice yet. Dermot…
Med school places should be funded based on how many doctors go rural, govt told
The Federal Government should reward universities that address community needs and produce rural doctors with more funded medical student places, the AMA has told the…
National Party endorses cap on city GP provider numbers
The National Party will advocate for controlling the number of GPs in cities through a cap on provider numbers, as a radical fix for the…
Loss of maternity units a ‘slippery slope’ for healthcare, doctors warn
Closing a maternity unit in a rural area is a “slippery slope” that effects not only women and their families, but entire communities who stand…
‘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…
Universal truth: Working in a refugee camp showed me that people are the same the world over
The mountain Hmong people lived mostly in western Laos and had an animist philosophy, believing in mysterious spirits in animals and nature. They helped the…
I was dragged out of the car and a shootout began with the bandits
Abdi Kadia was eight years old but didn’t know it. He’d seen white people before, but only at a distance. They seemed friendly enough, and…
‘I studied medicine because my flock was dying’: Meet the Anglican priest turned GP
Confronted by the deaths of parishioners in Papua New Guinea, Anglican priest Father Michael Nixon realised his flock needed more than spiritual support. It was the…
More GPs leaving rural practices, but officials defend IMG rule changes
Officials have revealed the number of doctors who abandoned rural practices after new workforce rules let more IMGs bill Medicare from regional cities. In mid-2022 the government declared…
