Rural Health practitioners are calling for a re-think to attract and retain more doctors in regional areas across the country.

The Department of Health estimates Australia is short close to two and a half thousand full-time equivalent GPs with the problem disproportionately affecting rural areas.

Rural Reporter Dusty Fitzpatrick spoke with Dubbo Psychologist Tanya Forster about some of the ways the problem could be addressed:

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