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Taylor: We want Single Employer Model in all NSW now

by RK CrosbyFebruary 2, 2023

A stoush has erupted between the New South Wales and federal governments over the Single Employer Model of GP training, with NSW Minister for Regional Health Bronnie Taylor saying they want it in every health district in the state now.

Health

AMA rates Tamworth as one of the worst hospitals

by Lia EdwardsFebruary 1, 2023

Only three out of 201 public hospitals across Australia are providing care within recommended timeframes, and none of the hospitals in the New England, according to a report by the AMA.

Health

Tassie GP reform wanted in the New England

by RK CrosbyJanuary 31, 2023

Reform announced in Tasmania last Friday that allows GP Registrars to be employed by the state health system, rather than needing to change employers once every few months, is one of the reforms wanted to resolve the GP crisis in New England.

Health, Uralla Shire

Uralla doctor calls for Council to take over clinic

by RK CrosbyJanuary 23, 2023

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.

Health, News, Uralla Shire

Breaking: Decision overturned, funding restored to Uralla Medical Centre

by RK CrosbyJanuary 12, 2023

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.

Health, Local News, News, Uralla Shire

Bureaucracy blamed as cause of threatened closure of Uralla’s only full time doctor

by RK CrosbyJanuary 10, 2023

The small village of Uralla has been reeling from news that the town’s only full time doctor is going to close its doors in a matter of days due to what has been described as ‘bureaucracy gone mad’.