More doctors becoming specialists but a shortage of GPs, AIHW report warns

By Harriet Alexander
Updated September 3 2016 - 11:13am, first published August 24 2016 - 5:08pm
The number of GPs has barely changed in 10 years, while the number of specialists has grown rapidly. Photo: Jupiter Images
The number of GPs has barely changed in 10 years, while the number of specialists has grown rapidly. Photo: Jupiter Images

The medical workforce has become skewed to specialist doctors while the number of general practitioners has barely changed in 10 years, in a trend that threatens to undermine the federal government's push for better primary care.

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