Rural and remote mental health crisis needs national strategy: Senate report Australians who live outside of the city experience poor mental health at much higher rates than those in rural and remote areas. What can be done?
‘The last bastion for procedural GPs is rural medicine’ GP proceduralists should head to the bush for the best professional opportunities, argues Dr Ganesan Sakarapani.
What is it really like for overseas doctors settling in Australia? Dr Edwin Kruys writes about his journey from the Netherlands to Far North Queensland.
Major life expectancy gap among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people There is a difference of six to seven years between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in remote areas compared to those living in major cities.
GPs on frontline of drug dependency in rural and remote areas Australia’s country GPs are often the first – and only – healthcare contact for people struggling with addiction in rural areas.
Summit to address rural medical specialist shortage Healthcare representatives from all over Australia will gather to discuss strategies and solutions to boost the numbers of specialists out in the country.
Remoteness and its effect on GP access Patient access to general practice varies with remoteness and GP:patient ratios, according to the RACGP’s General Practice: Health of the Nation 2018.
‘By the country, for the country’: The progress of rural generalism Strong progress has been made on advancing rural generalism nationally, according to the National Rural Health Commissioner.
‘GPs get out to the bush, but have no team around them’: Allied health funding push GPs who are shouldering much of the rural health burden may soon have allies to help.
IMGs, workforce shortages and the 10-year moratorium: Is there need for change? Medical recruiters say District of Workforce Shortage rules are flawed and the 10-year moratorium is ‘discriminatory’, and rural health experts acknowledge the effectiveness of what was ‘never intended to be a long-term solution’.