Lack of remote healthcare proving deadly Avoidable deaths and hospitalisations continue to soar in Australia’s remote areas, where people miss out on billions in healthcare funding.
‘So many wonderful things’: Why this GP couple went rural Drs Gerard and Melanie Considine were among the first new Rural Generalist Fellows. They tell newsGP what draws them to their work.
First Rural Generalist Fellows awarded The first recipients of the college’s new Rural Generalist Fellowship received official recognition this month.
Rural Generalist Fellowship program launches The development has been hailed as a ‘key milestone’ that will deliver more GPs with additional skills to rural and remote communities.
More evidence to support rural clinical placements Rural medical graduates and those who spend extended time practising regionally are more likely to become country doctors, new research shows.
Should rural general practices be embedded in hospitals? The issue is under the spotlight after a senator asked if rural areas could ‘just get rid of private practice’ during a Senate Committee hearing investigating workforce struggles.
‘No limits’ to upskilling with WACHS SPONSORED: With training in anaesthetics, emergency and general medicine, rural practice means you can become a ‘jack of all trades’.
Call to improve healthcare access in Katherine answered The town’s only general practice closed last year, but it has now secured a new locally delivered service.
Filling the ‘gaping hole’ in rural mental health services Third-year medical student Jasmine Elliot is drawn to rural generalism based on her own lived experience of mental health in the regions.
Rural generalism Hosts Dr Gill Singleton and Dr Billy Stoupas get to the heart of the rural general practice story and discuss the issues surrounding regional health in Australia.