There are growing shortages of rural and remote doctors due to neglect from NSW governments.

A recent report from NSW Parliament showed in the past 10 years, NSW has lost 600 rural and remote GPs, equivalent to 75% of the rural GP workforce.

CEO of Rural and Remote Medical Services Mark Burdack told Deborah Knight, something needs to change.

“The reports really shined a light on how far away we are from a quality of access to healthcare in Australia,” he said.

“It’s a tragedy that in Australia, a very wealthy country, we deny people access to the right to healthcare.”

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