The state’s inquiry into rural and regional health outcomes continued online today.
Tamworth GP, Professor Jenny May, speaking at length about the ongoing doctor shortage.
“I’ve observed the gradual loss, and ongoing loss, of localised capacity, with increasing reliance on LOCUM’s, on fly-in, fly-out services and the need for rescue and retrieval. It is the result of multiple, small, unconnected decisions over 20 plus years.”
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