Categorisation of remote/rural towns as at 1 July 2008

As part of Rural Health West’s Locum Program, all rural and remote towns (with at least one private GP) have been prioritised into categories based on the degree of remoteness of the town and the number of GPs in the town. These categories are revised every July and remain current for one financial year.

Locum requests from doctors working in Aboriginal Medical Service (AMS) practices are dealt with separately.

The category into which a town has been placed determines how far in advance a locum can be allocated to a practice and the level of Practice Support Subsidy to which each doctor is entitled. Practices and doctors can find out which category their town falls into by viewing the complete list of Town Categories.