Paramedic left to run hospital due to staff shortages
NSW Health has acknowledged the situation, which arose around Christmas when Omicron was rife, wasn't 'perfect'.
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‘It’s a scandal’: GP who worked with murdered nurse says little has changed
It's six years since Gayle Woodford was murdered but her old health service is still waiting on government support, says GP Dr Martin Kelly
‘GP practice owners should need a licence to operate’
Dr Paul Mara argues the policy would stop entrepreneurs starting new practices in areas with no unmet need.
Push to double rural GP rotations for junior doctors
The RDAA says more exposure to rural general practice is needed to account for 'attrition'
Locum jobs going for over $4000 a day amid doctor workforce crisis
While these 'extreme' pay packets aren't the norm, they reflect a medical workforce shortage reaching crisis levels, experts say.
Labor pledges greater freedom for IMGs on the 10-year moratorium scheme
It says, if elected, all MM2 and select MM1 locations will be opened up for doctors on the 10-year moratorium.
Rural GPs offered $12,000 compensation after fight over hospital contracts
It's part of a major remuneration overhaul in SA.
Bonded doctors told ‘bad luck’ on medical school debt offer
Dr David Gillespie says the scheme is meant to avoid some flaws of the Bonded Medical Program, which will continue to be offered.
Govt to ‘wipe medical school debt’ for GPs who go rural
It says GPs working in the most remote areas will have their debts extinguished in half the time it takes to complete their medical education.
Trailblazing Indigenous GP: ‘My journey to medicine’
Dr Louis Peachey says medicine in the 1980s was unfamiliar territory, but he was comforted by a system of respect and teaching that was similar to …
