Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has put health care reform at the top of his agenda with a planned overhaul of the Medicare system and improvements to primary care.
A meeting of the National Cabinet will meet next week to discuss ways to ease pressure on Medicare, particularly by increasing the number of general practitioners.
Less than 14 percent of medical graduates were choosing careers in the sector, down from about half of the university leavers.Albanese joined Tasmanian Premier Jeremy Rockliff on Friday to announce an Australia-first program aiming to make it easier for the state’s health service to recruit and train GPs.
