MEMBER for Northern Tablelands Brendan Moylan delivered a Private Members’ Statement in the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday night, calling for the old-fashioned healthcare system to be turned urgently on its head.
Mr Moylan says that it’s time for significant policy change and a system overhaul to ensure country people get the medical care they deserve, with the MP saying the economic viability and attractiveness of country practice and the humble GP in the bush has eroded across Australia for decades.
Mr Moylan believes that it’s high time both tiers of Government address solutions of losing hundreds of GPs from regional communities by suggesting the Federal Government consider wiping university debts for all medical professionals who work for a minimum period in regional and remote areas.
He also believes that at a state level, to be creative and look at wiping payroll tax for all medical and health businesses in regional New South Wales, adding that working as a medical professional in the regions needs to be so financially attractive that doctors, nurses, physios, dentists and so on will not be able to refuse.
