Rural specialty bid rejected.

Australian Doctor,  January, 2006  

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By Claire Sweeney

RURAL GPs have lost their fight to be called specialists, but there are strong indications the Federal Government could create a separate rural and remote register for specially trained rural GPs.

The register would be separate to the existing vocational register and could be used to offer new rebates for certain rural-specific services.

Federal Health Minister Mr Tony Abbott rejected the the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine's controversial application for rural and remote medicine to be made a specialty, after the Australian Medical ...

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