The Victorian Rural Medical Family Network was formed in September 1994 at the Rural Doctors' Association of Victoria's Conference, held in Tawonga.

As we're sure you'll appreciate, recruiting and retaining GPs in rural Victoria is not an easy task, but now there is at least public and government recognition, at both State and Federal level, that partners play a fundamental role in the decision of whether GPs will go and stay in country and remote areas.


Our Vision

To be a strong, grass-roots network of all Victorian rural medical families.


RMFN Objectives

Our Mission:

• Facilitate supportive relationships
• Promote a positive rural community framework
• Enable people to appreciate their rural environments
• Encourage community involvement

RMFN activities will:

• Support rural doctors and their families
• Foster informal networks between doctor's spouses
• Provide information to GP families who are relocating to rural communities
• Organise and develop relevant spouse programs at major rural medicine events (e.g. RDAV Annual Conference, and RWAV Annual Rural GP Conference)
• Build a database of home addresses and contact numbers of rural spouses
• Provide information through newsletters