New GP Joins Gwandalan Summerland Point Medical Centre Thanks to Australia GP Jobs
Residents of the Gwandalan Summerland Point region have welcomed a new full-time GP at their local medical centre, ensuring more people can access the healthcare they need.
Dr Fam Ho, who was brought to Australia through Australia GP Jobs, completed his medical training in the United Kingdom in 2023 and secured his Australian registration through Australia’s expedited specialist pathway program.
The scheme – established by the Medical Board and Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency – followed demands by Australia’s health ministers to speed up the registration process for international medical specialists. It opened to eligible GPs in October 2024.
The Gwandalan Summerland Point Medical Centre serves a population of more than 7,000 people, which continues to grow.
The medical centre sought assistance from Federal Member for Shortland Pat Conroy in securing an additional GP for the practice, which had been operating with one full-time and one part-time GP.
Conroy’s representations helped ensure Dr Ho’s visa, and his medical provider and prescribing numbers, were finalised as quickly as possible so he could begin seeing patients.
Dr Ho’s daily lists are already full among an excited and very welcoming local community.
“The Albanese Labor Government is growing the health workforce with an extra 17,000 doctors joining the Australian health system in the past two years,” Conroy said.
“I am thrilled to have been able to support the Gwandalan Summerland Medical Centre to enable Dr Ho to start practicing in Australia as quickly as was possible.”
Gwandalan Summerland Point Medical Centre practice manager Robyn Cardinale said she was thankful Conroy visited the practice to discuss the shortage of doctors on the Central Coast and the challenges in retaining them locally.
“Mr Conroy was supportive and offered his assistance in navigating delays in Dr Ho’s visa approval and his application for provider and prescriber numbers,” she said.
“We are so very grateful to Mr Conroy and his office for delivering on a promise to assist our practice, and we are very happy to have our new and very much-needed GP onboard.”
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This article contains information originally published by coastcommunitynews.com.au
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