An almost A$100 million ($70.1 million) health services boost is headed the way of regional and rural NSW. The funding package will secure support for frontline workers and is also part of a record infrastructure investment for the sector in the bush, says the premier of Australia’s most populous state Dominic Perrottet. Three new initiatives will aim to attract more health workers beyond the state’s population centres and assist rural and regional patients who need to travel to access care. They include A$45 million ($31.5 million) to deliver new professional accommodation close to health facilities in the Murrumbidgee, Southern, and Far West local districts. Some A$30 million ($21 million) will go towards enticing and retaining healthcare workers, including new scholarships for young people. And a further A$23 million ($16.1 million) will make it easier to access care, including support for rural and regional patients who need to travel longer distances and a …