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The Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) welcomes today’s announcement in Mount Isa from Queensland Health Minister Tim Nicholls launching the Queensland Health General Practice Trainee Incentive Grants.
The $24 million General Practice Trainee Incentive is providing eligible doctors starting their GP training in Queensland in 2025 with a substantial one-off payment of $40,000.
ACRRM President Dr Rod Martin says the commitment of funding to support GP and Rural Generalist (RG) registrars and to improve the attractiveness of GP training for junior doctors is a welcome acknowledgement of the critical role that these doctors play in delivering primary and preventative healthcare services; treating chronic disease; and keeping people out of hospital.
“ACRRM’s primary goal is to provide access to high quality continuous medical care that is close to home for people living outside the urban footprint,” Dr Martin says.
“To do that we need to attract the right people to choose a rural medical career, and we need to support them with funding to enable them to focus on skills development rather than financial burden.
“Not only do our registrars need access to funding for their training program, but they also experience higher costs working and living in rural and remote communities.
"We welcome this funding and look forward to continuing to work with governments at all levels to develop solutions that recognise and incentivise retention of our highly skilled rural GPs and RGs who provide the high-quality access to services that rural, remote and First Nations communities need and deserve,” Dr Martin says.
The $24 million General Practice Trainee Incentive is providing eligible doctors starting their GP training in Queensland in 2025 with a substantial one-off payment of $40,000.
ACRRM President Dr Rod Martin says the commitment of funding to support GP and Rural Generalist (RG) registrars and to improve the attractiveness of GP training for junior doctors is a welcome acknowledgement of the critical role that these doctors play in delivering primary and preventative healthcare services; treating chronic disease; and keeping people out of hospital.
“ACRRM’s primary goal is to provide access to high quality continuous medical care that is close to home for people living outside the urban footprint,” Dr Martin says.
“To do that we need to attract the right people to choose a rural medical career, and we need to support them with funding to enable them to focus on skills development rather than financial burden.
“Not only do our registrars need access to funding for their training program, but they also experience higher costs working and living in rural and remote communities.
"We welcome this funding and look forward to continuing to work with governments at all levels to develop solutions that recognise and incentivise retention of our highly skilled rural GPs and RGs who provide the high-quality access to services that rural, remote and First Nations communities need and deserve,” Dr Martin says.
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The Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) welcomes today’s announcement in Mount Isa from Queensland Health Minister Tim Nicholls launching the Queensland Health General Practice Trainee Incentive Grants.
The $24 million General Practice Trainee Incentive is providing eligible doctors starting their GP training in Queensland in 2025 with a substantial one-off payment of $40,000.
ACRRM President Dr Rod Martin says the commitment of funding to support GP and Rural Generalist (RG) registrars and to improve the attractiveness of GP training for junior doctors is a welcome acknowledgement of the critical role that these doctors play in delivering primary and preventative healthcare services; treating chronic disease; and keeping people out of hospital.
“ACRRM’s primary goal is to provide access to high quality continuous medical care that is close to home for people living outside the urban footprint,” Dr Martin says.
“To do that we need to attract the right people to choose a rural medical career, and we need to support them with funding to enable them to focus on skills development rather than financial burden.
“Not only do our registrars need access to funding for their training program, but they also experience higher costs working and living in rural and remote communities.
"We welcome this funding and look forward to continuing to work with governments at all levels to develop solutions that recognise and incentivise retention of our highly skilled rural GPs and RGs who provide the high-quality access to services that rural, remote and First Nations communities need and deserve,” Dr Martin says.
The $24 million General Practice Trainee Incentive is providing eligible doctors starting their GP training in Queensland in 2025 with a substantial one-off payment of $40,000.
ACRRM President Dr Rod Martin says the commitment of funding to support GP and Rural Generalist (RG) registrars and to improve the attractiveness of GP training for junior doctors is a welcome acknowledgement of the critical role that these doctors play in delivering primary and preventative healthcare services; treating chronic disease; and keeping people out of hospital.
“ACRRM’s primary goal is to provide access to high quality continuous medical care that is close to home for people living outside the urban footprint,” Dr Martin says.
“To do that we need to attract the right people to choose a rural medical career, and we need to support them with funding to enable them to focus on skills development rather than financial burden.
“Not only do our registrars need access to funding for their training program, but they also experience higher costs working and living in rural and remote communities.
"We welcome this funding and look forward to continuing to work with governments at all levels to develop solutions that recognise and incentivise retention of our highly skilled rural GPs and RGs who provide the high-quality access to services that rural, remote and First Nations communities need and deserve,” Dr Martin says.