Dungog residents will benefit from a new GP Rural Incentives Program which will attract and retain practitioners to the town.
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At least 450 country towns will receive increased subsidies to attract and retain doctors, under changes announced by federal assistant minister for health Fiona Nash.
An overhauled and fairer GPRIP means small rural communities will more easily attract and retain doctors, federal Member for Paterson Bob Baldwin said.
“This will redirect money to smaller towns that have genuine difficulty attracting and retaining doctors,” he said.
“In rural and remote areas, it is difficult to attract doctors and these changes mean bigger incentives will go to doctors who choose to work in areas of greatest need.”
The incentive to work in remote Australia will jump from $47,000 a year to $60,000 a year and the incentive to work in a town of less than 5000 people in regional Australia will increase from $18,000 to $23,000 starting from July 1.