Australian GPs are being offered cash incentives by the UK government to relocate as it aims to avoid a GP shortage in the country.
England’s National Health Service director of primary care Dominic Hardy says it’s no secret the NHS needs to recruit more GPs, so it makes sense to head to Australia where doctors’ skills, training and high levels of care closely match those of their British counterparts.
The NHS is offering $34,000 to Australian-trained doctors who want to live and work in the UK with a target of 2000 foreign doctors by 2020.