This week the Prime Minister announced that his government would "invest $632 million to train a record number of doctors - to tackle doctor shortages, expand capacity and deliver better health and better hospitals." Click here for the official media release.
There has been much commentary in the media about this over the last couple of days, but of particular interest to our own local area was a discussion on ABC Radio National's Breakfast show this morning. Host Fran Kelly and her guests Dr David Amies, Head of the Rural Clinical School at the University of New South Wales in Coffs Harbour and Michael Wilson executive director of NT General Practice Education, discussed the need for many of those new positions to be opened up in regions where there is an ongoing doctor shortage. They also noted the pressures on hospitals training more interns. You can listen or download this program here.
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