15 applications so far

No position filled yet: Waiting for new doctors

Around 1,200 general practitioners work in Upper Austria.(Bild: Scharinger Daniel)

Of the 17 new doctor's posts announced for Upper Austria, none have yet been filled. Eleven of these have already been advertised, and there are applications for nine of them. Apart from that, it is mainly GP practices that are currently empty.

A year ago, the federal government announced 100 new GP posts - 17 of them for Upper Austria - to be created by the end of 2023. As an incentive for doctors, some of the positions were given a 100,000 euro start-up bonus. At the beginning of January this year, the Ministry of Health then reported "enormous" interest in the new posts and spoke of 300 interested parties, 33 of whom were in Upper Austria.