Can a crack squad of GPs on govt salaries fix this state’s workforce woes?

Salaries of almost $300,000 on offer to join State Government rapid response team.
Dr Toby Gardner RACGP Tasmania Chair
RACGP Tasmania chair Dr Toby Gardner.

GPs who join the Tasmanian Government’s rapid response team to parachute into practices that need help will be paid $210,000-$288,000 as a base salary, according to job advertisements.  

The GP NOW Rapid Response Team will include 10 GPs, deployed “at a moment’s notice”, to provide crisis support wherever practices are struggling.