Record number of doctors for NSW
The New South Wales Government has announced a record number of intern training positions across the state, with 850 new interns starting training at 49 hospitals and 15 HP practices.
The trainee doctors will now work on a rotating basis within a network of hospitals, which include tertiary level teaching hospitals and smaller regional or rural facilities, and will be exposed to a gamut of scenarios.
Some interns will spend time in GP clinics to gain experience in primary health care.
They will work in the following hospitals:
- Dubbo Base Hospital
- The Tweed Hospital
- Port Macquarie Base Hospital
- Albury campus of Albury Wodonga Health
- Lismore Base Hospital
- Wagga Wagga Base Hospital
- Tamworth Rural Referral Hospital
- Manning Rural Referral Hospital
- The Maitland Hospital
- Coffs Harbour Health Campus
- Orange Health Service