13.5.08 Doctors plead Government: charge the paddles and revive rural health in Budget '08
The Federal Government's Rural Health Workforce Audit has provided yet more evidence that rural health is in full-blown cardiac arrest and underlines why next week's Budget must include real measures to get more doctors and other health professionals to the bush, the Rural Doctors Association of Australia (RDAA) has warned.
In short, the rural health sector is in full-blown cardiac arrest and only the Government can charge the resus paddles.
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2.5.08 Audit shows desperate need for rescue package in getting more docs to the bush
The results of a Federal Government audit into Australia?s shortage of rural health professionals provides stark evidence of the urgent need for a Rural Rescue Package to get more doctors to the bush and dramatically improve access to local healthcare for country Australians, the Rural Doctors Association of Australia (RDAA) said today.
"This audit completely supports what RDAA has been saying for many years that there is an extremely serious shortage of doctors and other health professionals in rural and remote Australia and the current range of incentives, while welcome, have been no more than a drop in the ocean in fixing it." RDAA President, Dr Peter Rischbieth, said.
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NSW GP Procedural Training Program
The GP Procedural Training Program is a NSW Govt funded initiative aimed at equipping General Practitioners working in rural communities with a range of procedural skills that will support the deliver of healthcare services locally. [Further details]
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The Rural Doctors Association (NSW), established in 1987, is one of seven state and Territory members of the Rural Doctors Association of Australia. Membership of RDA(NSW) is open to all NSW's rural doctors, not just those who work at the 125 smaller rural hospitals in New South Wales. [about]
