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- Policy
Rural generalists are finally getting the recognition they deserve. Now make the work reachable.
StatDoctor welcomes the Medical Board of Australia's accreditation of the ACRRM and RACGP rural generalist training programs, and says recognition on the register has to be matched by faster, cheaper access to rural shifts.
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StatDoctor backs Victoria's public hospital doctors as statewide stopwork approaches
Nurses settled at 28.4%, police at 20% and paramedics at a minimum 17%. Victoria's public hospital doctors are still without an agreement after a year of bargaining, and go out statewide on 15 September 2026.
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Rural workforce census confirms what doctors already know: the agency model isn't fixing rural healthcare
StatDoctor backs calls for practical, place-based solutions after the Victorian Rural Health Workforce Census finds 37% of rural health professionals have considered leaving.
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