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Tasmanian doctors have called for emergency department safety protocols to be reviewed after one of their colleagues was stabbed in a regional hospital.

Tasmanian doctors have called for emergency department safety protocols to be reviewed after one of their colleagues was stabbed in a regional hospital.

Ratepayers in rural areas around Tasmania are being slugged with a levy to prop up medical clinics, prompting fresh calls for the commonwealth to step in and help.

Increasingly, GPs in Australia say the amount they are reimbursed is not enough to cover expenses, and they have little option but to pass costs on to patients

Exclusive: A lack of federal support means several rural areas are using council rates to subsidise health services for vulnerable patients

A town in southern Tasmania could be without a permanent doctor by the end of the year in the midst of a widespread GP shortage.

When mother-of-seven Polly Cousens moved to Tasmania's Derwent Valley 12 months ago, she tried to make an appointment with the local doctor's surgery just minutes from their home — but with their books closed, she's forced to make a two-hour round trip instead.

Denis Webber says booking a GP when he is feeling unwell or needs medication isn't a simple matter. With no doctors in his town available for weeks, he's had to turn up at a hospital instead.