Francis, Karen, McLeod, Margaret, McIntyre, Meredith, Mills, Jane, Miles, Maureen, and Bradley, Angela (2012) Australian rural maternity services: creating a future or putting the last nail in the coffin. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 20 (5). pp. 281-284.

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[Extract] Nurses and midwives are the largest group of health providers in Australia (60%), and with increasing remoteness, this proportion increases substantially. The recruitment and retention of nurses, and more specifically midwives in rural health services, is at crisis point. Sustainable birthing services will be reliant on a stable, regenerative workforce. Key to this goal is the education of nurses, midwives and doctors, all of whom have stringent pre-service professional placement quotas in order to meet required competencies to practice.

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