Unemployed doctors, what's happening?

The National Briefing · Aug 17, 2026 · 3m

The issue of unemployed doctors has again surfaced in the media, this time around it's about qualified doctors struggling to secure employment. Medical organisations are again raising the issue because of staffing pressures in the public healthcare system. The national Department of Health says that there is no register or record of unemployed health care professionals that is kept by the government. For a perspective on what the situation is currently regarding the unemployed doctors and also whether there is movement, we are joined on the line by...

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