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Childcare shortage driving rural doctors away, straining healthcare access

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Nearly 70 per cent of rural healthcare workers make work location decisions based on the availability of childcare, and the current shortage of childcare positions is exacerbating a healthcare crisis in rural areas, according to a new survey by the Rural Doctors Association of Australia (RDAA).

The shortage is driving coctors and other professionals out of the bush, said Dr Sue Harrison, Chair of...


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