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06 February 2025 Posted by 

NSW DOCTORS LAG BEHIND NATIONAL RATES

GENERAL practice training in NSW is improving with an 8% rise in GP registrars for 2025, but it lags behind the national growth of 19.8%, says the RACGP. Rural areas saw only a 4% increase, with regions like Western NSW severely underrepresented. The RACGP urges NSW to match Victoria's $40,000 incentives for GP trainees and calls for federal investment to fund 1,500 more training places over five years to address workforce shortage,


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