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Aged care beds lying empty: the GP crisis facing the sector

Even in metropolitan areas, aged care facilities are struggling to find GPs to admit customers or visit as residents. There is a drought of GPs. With just one in 10 medical graduates choosing General Practice, Australia is expected to experience a shortfall of almost 10,000 GPs by 2030. This gap in GP services is magnified in aged care, particularly in regional and rural communities, where GPs p...

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