Queensland public hospitals have almost two dozen full-time vacancies for rural doctors with advanced skills in obstetrics or anaesthetics, a quarter of them in the most remote region of the state, underpinning the ongoing maternity crisis.
New Queensland Health data, which lays bare some of the holes in the state’s regional obstetric workforce, comes as prominent obstetrician Gino Pecoraro calls for Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk to attend a maternity forum next week to show she is interested in solutions.
