Rural communities are being left without access to medical treatment for weeks at a time as Western Australia’s Mid West region grapples with a nurse shortage, local councils say. Six shires across the Mid West and Murchison have called on the State Government and Opposition to commit to increasing the minimum numbers of staff at regional nursing posts from one to three. Between December and January, the towns of Cue, Mount Magnet and Yalgoo were left without a healthcare professional for up to two weeks.
