Doctors fleeing Victoria for better jobs in Queensland

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Website: http://www.theage.com.au/national/doctors-fleeing-victoria-for-better-jobs-in-queensland-20081012-4z61.html

Date posted: 07.11.08

Nick Miller from The Age in Victoria looks into the reasons Victorian doctors are moving to Queensland, remuneration, fatigue, safe working hours and overtime provisions:

A recruiting drive from Queensland hospitals has led to a big jump in the number of Victorian doctors moving north, figures reveal.

According to the Medical Board of Queensland, in the last financial year 217 Victorian-educated doctors registered for the first time in Queensland - an almost 20% increase on the year before.

The Australian Medical Association Victoria says these are doctors the state can ill afford to lose, at a time when the Government estimates the state has almost 1000 too few doctors to meet demand. It says they are being tempted north by the promise of fatter pay packets and better working conditions.

"We need to hang on to our existing doctors as long as possible, not only to provide services but to teach the next generation of doctors," AMA Victoria president Dr Doug Travis said.

"Other states are trying to attract Victorian doctors. They are paying more, they are offering better conditions, and they are trying to improve the culture in their public hospitals."

The AMA is negotiating a new EBA with the State Government, and is using the Queensland "exodus" to back its push for higher pay.

 


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