More GPs, specialists needed

By Nasik Swami A new strategy is being looked at to attract and retain general practitioners and specialists in Naracoorte. Limestone Coast Local Health Network Board chairman Grant King says the strategy will focus on retaining medical graduates in the region. “We need to make sure there is more training, so we continue to work with universities and training providers to work on models,” Mr King said. Mr King said there was a model that was used in the Riverland area where doctors were being trained and retained, and that’s something that all the other regions were looking at. “Often people coming into the region, particularly international medical graduates, work in the region and then move onto the metropolitan areas for a whole lot of reasons, so we need to make sure that we can find a way to keep people in the regions practising longer, and that requires a […]

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“Pull their heads in”

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Passport adventure on a roll

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Speed cuts rejected

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Coonawarra celebrates Cabernet

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Come wander through our wonderful wetlands

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Lovegrass threat recognised

The African lovegrass has been announced as a new national priority weed for Australia.

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