This meeting was hosted by Alice Springs Hospital. Participants included health professionals working in areas related to remote health issues, Alice Springs Hospital staff, disability service providers and aged care staff.
People are much more likely to be sick if they are poor than if they are well off.
There are a lot of poor countries where people are considerably healthier than in this part of Australia. This sort of finding has led people to realise that it isn't necessarily poverty that is the cause of poor health conditions in remote areas, but is actually inequality. A special aspect of this inequality is educational inequality. This is probably the most important factor as to why some people are well and some are not. Cultural sensitivity Junior doctors on three-month rotations are often the consulting doctors attending remote clinics.