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DOCTORS Jim and Meg Lawless visited Apollo Bay on holiday 33 years ago and never left.
The seaside town had just lost its only GP to a stroke and locals were desperate to replace him.
The British-born and trained couple let slip their profession while chatting to a woman running the town's little museum.
An invitation to dinner that night, along with some gentle persuasion from the other locals around the table, turned into a lifelong commitment.
At 78 and 74 respectively, the husband and wife team have no plans to put their feet up.
"If you can work, I think it's better to work," Jim said.
"At the moment we're able to work. We can work 12-hour days and we'll keep going I think."
But they are a dying breed.
Research shows country Victoria faces a doctor drought, with a third of bush GPs planning to retire or scale back work in the next five years.
Rural Workforce Agency Victoria chief executive Claire Austin said that with an average age of almost 50, many of the 1220 rural GPs were looking for a better work-life balance in the twilight of their careers.
And with 10 per cent of them aged over 65, retirement was on the minds of others.
Ms Austin said there were already 130 vacancies for doctors in country Victoria and further dramatic change in numbers and work hours was on the horizon.
She said that simplifying the recruitment process for overseas-trained doctors -- including those from the UK, New Zealand and Asia -- would help fill the gaps.
Partnerships between rural doctors and other health professionals -- such as nurses, dentists, and mental health experts -- were also needed to relieve demands on GPs.
Ms Austin said such teams should be built around the needs of rural communities.
These and other rural workforce issues will be explored at the Sustainable Solutions in Rural Health conference, which opens today.
But the Lawlesses believe the answer lies in returning to the old days when being a rural GP was a lifestyle, part-time work was unheard of and doctors were respected leaders of the community and health industry.
"There is no such thing as a part-time doctor," Jim said.
"When you're called, you go. You don't argue the point about what time of the day it is, or what you're paid or whether you should be called."
Meg said the influx of female GPs had changed the profession, with doctors demanding family and work balance.
The couple are now treating the children of the babies they delivered decades ago.
They said that they had taken just three weeks off in the past 13 years.
Thursday, May 29, 2008
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