A town in southern Tasmania could be without a permanent doctor by the end of the year in the midst of a widespread GP shortage.
Huon Valley Council owns and operates the Dover and Geeveston medical centres, and said it would keep them open by bringing in locumsIn an effort to address the doctor crisis, the state government suggested a take-over of the operation of general practices in regional and rural Tasmania
"There's a very real fear that if our doctors go, a number of people will have to move out of the community to see a doctor or they won't see anyone at all," Dover resident Jen Hadaway said.Huon Valley Council owns and operates the Dover and Geeveston medical centres, and said it would keep them open by bringing in locums to fill the positions of permanent doctors until replacements were found.
"Council has committed to covering the $434,000 operating deficit in the 2022-23 budget," Ms Doyle said. "Our expectation is that the federal government would pay, and the state government would employ GPs and have our GPs in key settings to provide more access at this point in time," Premier Jeremy Rockliff said.
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