Doctors in Rural and Remote Areas

Follow the links below to find information about doctors working in rural and remote areas.

Reviewed February 2009

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Title:   Rural Advanced Specialist Trainee Support
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   As of 1 January 2010, support for rural specialist trainees, previously provided under the RASTS program, will be managed from the new Specialist Training Program.
Date:   Oct 2009
Title:   Advanced Specialist Training Posts in Rural Areas
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   As of 1 January 2010 the ASTPRA program will be amalgamated into the Specialist Training Program. Posts previously supported through this program will be managed under the new program.
Date:   Oct 2009
Title:   Media release. PM and rural health minister visit Murray Bridge
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The people of Murray Bridge will feel the benefit of increased financial incentives to attract doctors and then keep them, as a result of the Rudd Government's Rural Health Workforce Strategy.
Date:   Oct 2009
Title:   Media release. GP incentives boosted in northern Tasmania
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   GPs in the Ulverstone and Burnie areas will benefit from increased financial incentives from the Rudd Government to encourage them to relocate to and stay in these districts.
Date:   Oct 2009
Title:   Media release. Giving rural obstetricians and anaesthetists a well earned rest
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Rural anaesthetists will now join with outback obstetricians, both specialist and GP, in accessing Rudd Government subsidised locum support.
Date:   Sep 2009
Title:   Media release. Funding boost for elective surgery at Port Macquarie Base Hospital
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The Australian Government has announced over $200,000 in funding to help reduce elective surgery waiting lists at Port Macquarie Base Hospital.
Date:   Aug 2009
Title:   Media release. Encouraging health students to think rural
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Cairns doctors will be able to access retention payments and relocation grants for the first time next year following changes to the way the Australian Government will target its rural workforce programs, the Minister for Indigenous Health, Rural and Regional Health and Regional Services Delivery, Warren Snowdon announced.
Date:   Jul 2009
Title:   Media release. More GP and midwife training support means more choice for Australian mothers
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   From 1 July, midwives and GPs, particularly those in rural and remote Australia, will get more support under an Australian Government initiative to provide safe, quality maternity care to Australian women.
Date:   Jun 2009
Title:   For rural GPs
Publisher:   CareSearch
Description:   The issues for patients in remote and rural settings vary greatly with the availability of health care resources and the experience and confidence of local GPs and other health care workers in providing palliative care.
Date:   May 2009
Title:   Australian General Practice Training Program
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The Australian General Practice Training (AGPT) program offers up to 675 postgraduate vocational training placements each year for medical graduates wanting to pursue a career in General Practice in Australia.
Date:   Jan 2009
Title:   Training for Rural and Remote Procedural General Practitioners Program
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The Training for Rural and Remote Procedural General Practitioners Program (TRRPGPP) provides financial assistance for procedural GPs in rural and remote areas to access relevant activities in order to assist them in maintaining or updating their skills.
Date:   Jul 2008
Title:   More Allied Health Services (MAHS) Program
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The aim of the More Allied Health Services (MAHS) Program is to improve the health of people living in rural areas through allied health care, with linkages between allied health care and general practice.
Date:   Jun 2008
Title:   Section 19AB of the Health Insurance Act 1973
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   This fact sheet provides an overview of section 19AB of the Health Insurance Act 1973.
Date:   May 2008
Title:   HECS Reimbursement Scheme
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The HECS Reimbursement Scheme aims to promote careers in rural medicine and increase the number of doctors in rural and regional Australia in the longer term.
Date:   Apr 2008
Title:   Rural Retention Program
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The Rural Retention Program (RRP) is an initiative that recognises long-serving general practitioners in rural and remote communities that may experience significant difficulties in retaining general practitioners. Communities in which these doctors work will benefit through improved access to general practice services and continuity of health care.
Date:   Apr 2008
Title:   Rural and Remote General Practice Program
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Funding for activities to recruit and retain general practitioners to/in rural and remote areas.
Date:   Apr 2008
Title:   Workforce Support for Rural General Practitioners program
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The Workforce Support for Rural General Practitioners (WSRGP) program is used to support the newly arrived and existing general practice workforce in rural areas. This includes support for training and professional development, and locum support.
Date:   Apr 2008
Title:   Report on the Audit of Health Workforce in Rural and Regional Australia
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   This report provides information gathered in the audit of the health workforce in rural and remote Australia. It investigates the number and distribution of the health workforce, specifically doctors, nurses and other health professionals, currently working in rural and regional Australia, describes the current workforce supply and identifies where health workforce shortages exist.
Date:   Apr 2008
Title:   Rural Retention Program: Central Payments System guidelines
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   This document describes the Central Payments System, outlining who is eligible and how payments are calculated.
Date:   Apr 2008
Title:   Rural women's GP service
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Information about the Rural Women's GP Service.
Date:   Apr 2008
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