Temora GP Rachel Christmas has spearhearded an alliance between the Murrumbidgee Local Health District and UNSW Rural Medical School.

She hopes the community will turn out in support of its cause when the group stages a forum at the International Hotel in Wagga on Wednesday evening, from 2.30 to 4.30.

"Towns are losing doctors, hospitals are increasingly having to go on bypass, people cannot get local care after hours, nurses and paramedics are making critical decisions without local medical support, rural obstetrics services are in decline," Dr Christmas said.

"It's time to say enough is enough. Stress and lacking resources are taking over, as what was previously well-staffed now struggles. It's been years in the making but we're getting towards a complete crisis."

Following discussions around the region, Dr Christmas estimates there are now 200 vacant medical positions, with a lack of new registrars the primary concern.

"In Temora, we've got dwindling numbers of staff, one of our GPs has just retired, and another, who has given their all to the community, is about to retire in January," Dr Christmas said.

"We have no full-time registrars, and that's a huge hit to our community. We are fortunate in the sense that our emergency department is still running 24-hours, we have never closed, but we need people."

The most recent vacancies has left the town with only two full-time and three part-time medical professionals.

"A year ago even, we had about nine or 10 of both full and part time staff," Dr Christmas said.

"It's not just us, this is happening across the country. There's a decline in people becoming GPs altogether."

To address the dwindling numbers, Dr Christmas and her colleague Dr Paul Mara have devised a training plan that will focus on retaining rural professionals.

"There is increased load on bed blocked major hospitals and practices are tired of investing energy and time in training doctors who are simply not interested in staying when they finish their training," she said.

With support, the program will begin in August of next year and will work to identify professionals who will be able to receive their education, training and workforce opportunities in remote and regional areas.

Formulating real change, Dr Christmas said, will also come through transforming the dialogue around remote life.

"There's a lot of negativity around rural communities and how hard it is to be a GP in the bush," she said.

"Ultimately it's a really great job, and these conversations don't emphasise enough how resilient rural communities are. It just perpetuates the myth that country people are always struggling and need help."