A push for more GPs in rural areas

WITH 1504 domestic medicine graduates joining the Federal Government-funded AGPT program, a 20 per cent growth on 2024, it is hopeful that more GPs will be able to get into communities in regional and rural areas. Photo: SUPPLIED.

THE Royal Australian College of GPs (RACGP) has called on the Government to commit additional funding to address Australia’s GP shortage after 1504 junior doctors have accepted specialist training for 2025, which includes completing at least a year of training outside a major metropolitan area.

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