Delivering health equity for rural WA must be more than a slogan, writes Professor Catherine Elliott, newly appointed chief executive at Rural Health West.
Across rural and remote Western Australia, access to healthcare is still too often determined by postcode.
Life expectancy drops by up to five years the further you live from a metropolitan centre. Rates of preventable hospitalisation, chronic disease, and early death remain unacceptably high.
In some communities, there is no local access to GPs, mental health support or culturally safe care – with more than 10,000 West Australians living over an...
Across rural and remote Western Australia, access to healthcare is still too often determined by postcode.
Life expectancy drops by up to five years the further you live from a metropolitan centre. Rates of preventable hospitalisation, chronic disease, and early death remain unacceptably high.
In some communities, there is no local access to GPs, mental health support or culturally safe care – with more than 10,000 West Australians living over an...
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