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Unwrapping package: Details on tenfold increase in overseas-doctor places in general practices still to come
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Unwrapping package: Details on tenfold increase in overseas-doctor places in general practices still to come
Tuesday 4 March 2025, 04:46 PM

Overseas-trained doctors on the new general practice pathway to registration will still spend six months of their two-year supervised placements in hospitals, says the Medical Council [Image: Canva composite]
Taking a closer look at the package of primary care funding announced by health minister Simeon Brown on 3 March. Fiona Cassie reports
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The minister announces 100 overseas doctors are to be funded to get clinical placements in general practice over two years to meet, READ MORE
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