New medical training project offers hope to New England
A new innovation in GP training may offer hope to the New England by allowing GP registrars, or trainee doctors, to work in short-staffed communities and be supervised remotely.
A new innovation in GP training may offer hope to the New England by allowing GP registrars, or trainee doctors, to work in short-staffed communities and be supervised remotely.
The NSW Government has extended a program to make rapid antigen tests (RATs) for COVID-19 free for those with a concession card until April 30.
With 8 GPs leaving town, the New England Times did a quick survey of where the doctors are and who is taking new patients, but it's not good.
Uralla general practitioner Dr Ricardo Alkhouri, the doctor who threatened to close the clinic recently, has called for Uralla Shire Council to take over his clinic in a rambling Facebook Live that lasted almost four hours.
By the beginning of February, Armidale will have lost at least 8 GPs, potentially 5 registrars, and more than 1 in 5 people in town will be looking for a new doctor. #longread
The National Rural Health Alliance is concerned at how the La Niña weather cycle and flooding during 2021–22 has affected rural people, exacerbating health and other issues already faced by stretched communities.
Women who have IVF or other assisted reproductive technology treatments in private clinics can now claim a $2,000 rebate in an Australian first.
Building of the new hospital and ambulance station for Glen Innes will start in just two weeks after Hutchison Builders won the tender for the major construction project.
Quirindi Hospital is now home to two new sustainable accommodation units, supporting visiting frontline health staff, as part of a $35 million Regional Housing Package.
The decision by Services Australia to withhold funding which threatened to close the Uralla Medical Centre has been overturned after the intervention of federal Health Minister Mark Butler.