Helen Haines (Indi, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister for Health and Aged Care. Our rural health workforce is so thin that both our hospitals and aged-care services have no choice but to pay exorbitant agency and accommodation fees to employ and house doctors and nurses. Albury-Wodonga Health spent $2.1 million last year on accommodation for locum workers, money that could be spent on patient care. How do you know that your budget measures will make a difference to the rural health workforce crisis?

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