PHOTO: Rural Doctors Association of Australia cite lack of childcare as problem getting doctors to the bush
A lack of childcare services in rural and remote communities is discouraging more doctors and other health professionals from moving to the bush, and making it harder to keep existing rural health professionals there according to the Rural Doctors Association of Australia (RDAA).
Ahead of the federal election, the peak body is joining the push for more childcare places in smaller towns, such as those across the western plains of New South Wales.
The RDAA’s efforts have been backed by the release of their Position Paper, Childcare in Rural and Remote Australia,…