Archive for February 2021

Red tape amid a rural health crisis: Why it can take years to recruit a GP for the bush. Practice owners and recruiters bemoan sluggish GP recruitment as the rural workforce shortage worsens. Practice owners and recruiters say the process to recruit GPs is too long. How long does it take to recruit an international…

Perth doctor Rachel James was far from sold on the perks of rural living when the self-described “city girl” moved to regional NSW five years ago. “I was your typical city doctor,” she says as she unwinds before spending her night on-call for ­Deniliquin hospital, near the NSW-Victoria border. Dr James has chosen to pursue…