Hospitals and Healthcare

NSW and Victoria government documents show support for push by doctors to combine the Albury and Wodonga hospitals into one new facility – but that’s not what was announced

Knowing that teaching in rural and remote communities can deliver a rural workforce, we now have a mandate and the roadmap to expand the RHMT program and make health professional education socially accountable in the creation of graduates who practise evidence-based health care where they are most needed.

Despite constant headlines about general practice being in crisis, research shows one area is shining brightly. So what can we learn from Aboriginal-run health services?

When the Channel 10 host was diagnosed with multiple myeloma in 2017, he received the best treatment in the country. That wasn’t the case for everyone.

Brian Whelan would have required full-time care without a life-changing service for stroke victims. Now, he’s recovered and playing golf twice a week.

Virtual Care Nova Scotia offers unattached patients access to doctors and nurse practitioners via app or website. Those patients can also be referred to a network of in-person clinics across the province when a video or phone call isn't adequate.

Calls for greater funding in local health services as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people suffer from high rates of type 1 and 2 diabetes

Gabrielle Keating was heading to the bush for a six-week placement. Four years later, she can't imagine living anywhere else and calls on other young doctors to make the move.

If something isn't done to urgently attract doctors to general practice, the ageing workforce will be decimated in five to 10 years, GPs say.

Instead of asking how to fix the rural GP shortage, we should look at the bigger picture and ask how nurse practitioners could work to their full capacity.

Accessing health care in rural Australia is challenging but without it, say University of Melbourne experts, patients can end up in hospital unnecessarily.