Letters to the Editor: 24 December 2020

Daniela Cooper
Updated December 21 2020 - 2:52pm, first published 1:51pm
Julia Samuel of Erskine shared this photo of a little family of swans that started off with four offspring but now has only two. Email your photo to editor@mandurahmail.com.au
Julia Samuel of Erskine shared this photo of a little family of swans that started off with four offspring but now has only two. Email your photo to editor@mandurahmail.com.au

An upgraded hospital in Mandurah will do little good without enough doctors. Changes to Mandurah's zoning from regional to metro means foreign doctors cannot complete their required regional placement in Mandurah. Local GP clinics and the Peel Health Campus struggle to compete against the more popular Perth hospitals and clinics. Mandurah should be reclassified as a distribution priority area. There are pen stroke solutions to Mandurah's healthcare crisis. Spending millions on hospital upgrades will not address the doctor shortage or the flow on effects of patients using emergency as a GP clinic. If Mandurah becomes a distribution priority area, we will have more doctors and better staffed GP clinics. If combined with a targeted education program advertising bulk billing clinics, Mandurah's healthcare crisis could be significantly improved.

Daniela Cooper

Daniela has returned to her first love after a decade of working in local, state and federal governments, non-profits and the corporate world. She has a passion for injustice; to be a voice for those who don't have one; to hold power to account; and to bring readers the news without fear. She loves to explore new places and unfamiliar topics (both in her professional and private life) but her go-to loves are travel, health, social justice, foreign affairs and the outdoors. Email daniela.cooper@austcommunitymedia.com.au

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