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Assistant Federal Health Minister David Gillespie visited SBcare in Kingaroy on Wednesday … from left, Mr Gillespie, Member for Nanango Deb Frecklington, SBCare CEO Cheryl Dalton and Member for Maranoa David Littleproud<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

March 9, 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kingaroy’s long-standing GP shortage will be addressed, according to Assistant Federal Health Minister Dr David Gillespie.<\/p>\n

Dr Gillespie was in Kingaroy on Wednesday with Member for Nanango Deb Frecklington and Member for Maranoa David Littleproud.<\/p>\n

He said Kingaroy’s ratio of GP’s to population was worse than the national average, and announced the town has now gained District Workforce Shortage (DWS) status.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Federal Government uses DWS to distribute medical services across Australia, to ensure adequate services are available in regional, rural and remote areas.<\/p>\n

“DWS classifications precisely identify where doctor shortages exist, which means recruitment of new doctors to those areas can be better targeted,” Dr Gillespie said.<\/p>\n

Mr Littleproud said the GP shortage had been a concern for some time.<\/p>\n

He was relieved there was a solution that would help ensure more doctors could be attracted to the area.<\/p>\n

Under current regulations foreign trained doctors, foreign graduates of Australian medical schools and Australian-trained bonded doctors with return of service obligations are restricted from providing services that attract a Medicare rebate unless they work in a DWS area.<\/p>\n

Mrs Frecklington said Kingaroy Hospital’s training partnership with Griffith University was a step in the right direction for getting GPs to come out to regional areas.<\/p>\n

But if Kingaroy Hospital didn’t have good facilities, young doctors wouldn’t want to stay in the area.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“If we don’t get the proper facilities then we’re not going to attract these people to the region,” Mrs Frecklington said.<\/p>\n

Dr Gillespie said there were plenty of Australian medical graduates.<\/p>\n

But most don’t end up in rural and regional areas because they trained in the capital cities.<\/p>\n

He said the government was working on more initiatives to encourage young doctors to move to regional areas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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