Losing specialists hinders Launceston Hospital recruitment plans

Tess Brunton
Updated June 29 2017 - 7:55am, first published June 28 2017 - 6:30pm
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Doctors attract peers

Attracting new specialists will be increasingly difficult as the specialist ranks dwindle at Launceston General Hospital, Australian Medical Association Tasmanian president Dr Stuart Day says.

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Tess Brunton

Tess Brunton

Journalist

I recently returned from across the ditch where I worked at New Zealand Fairfax paper The Timaru Herald and developed a love of mountains. Originally I'm a mainlander from an area known for cheese, the Bega Valley, who also dabbled in radio at ABC RCAFF before finding a place in newspapers. I can often be found hiking, caving or climbing when I'm not cursing at my work computer or technology in general.

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