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As regional GPs retire, where are the young doctors who want to replace them?
In communities across Australia, the old guard of general practitioners (GPs) are retiring and it is unclear who will take their place....

Guy Rasmussen
Oct 29, 20183 min read


Doctors criticise regional medical school plan, instead call for more postgraduate training places
It has been labelled as a plan to tackle Australia's rural doctor crisis, but some sections of the medical community claim a new regional...

Guy Rasmussen
Jun 18, 20183 min read


Doctors in rural areas in short supply as clinics look to 'corporates' for GP solution
Medical clinics in Tasmania are on a knife's edge as they struggle to recruit general practitioners outside the major centres, a group of...

Guy Rasmussen
Jun 14, 20183 min read


Budding GPs get a taste of bush life to combat remote doctor shortage
A unique medical program in the Northern Territory has found a simple way to combat a shortage of skilled GPs willing to work in the...

Guy Rasmussen
Apr 16, 20183 min read


Fifty years of service to Queensland town Biloela and Dr Tan is not ready to retire just yet
As rural locations across Australia struggle to attract new doctors, a GP in one small central Queensland town is celebrating a very...

Guy Rasmussen
Apr 12, 20182 min read
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