position: Rural Health Director of Medical Services for the Western NSW Local Health District, Medical Advisor for NSW Rural Doctors Network
qualifications: Bachelor of Science
position: Director, Service Delivery
Mike Edwards is an experienced health service executive. He is currently the Director of Service Delivery at NSW Rural Doctors Network. Mike is passionate both personally and professionally in improving health access equity. Mike has 15 years commercial experience in complex project development and management roles. Over the last 10 years, Mike has significantly contributed to RDN and the sector’s health and service workforce planning methods and strategies. His strength in seeking integrity and using localised and objective evidence to inform best practice and innovation and fostering genuine, respectful partnerships has helped lead to many sustainable workforce solutions for communities.
Creating positive early rural placements in medical education
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Discharge against medical advice in rural and remote emergency departments
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Retention of early-career GPs as independent specialists in former training practices
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Rural GP Association of Scotland (RGPAS) Annual Conference #RGPAS24, 15–17 November 2024, Inverness, Scotland
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11th Biennial Pacific Region Indigenous Doctors Congress (PRIDoC) 2024, 2–6 December 2024, Kaurna Country, Adelaide, Australia
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4th International Indigenous Health & Wellbeing Conference 2025, 16–19 June 2025, Adelaide Convention Centre, Kaurna Country, Australia
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