LONG-term planning and “significant support” is needed to grow the local GP workforce, Murray Primary Health Network chief executive Matt Jones says.

Murray PHN last week released its 2023 Murray Health Report, covering a region where 191 general-practice clinics and 47 public hospitals employ 533 GPs and 184 GP trainees.

In October 2021 there were 194 GP clinics in the PHN region.

The repo...