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The Victorian premier,, are in Melbourne announcing a partnership to expand urgent care services across both states in a move to further try and ease demand on emergency departments following Covid-19.
Services will operate for extended hours and patients will not be charged, even if they do not have a Medicare card. Around the country, the pandemic has put enormous pressure on healthcare systems, and part of that is because – through no fault of their own – people have delayed going to their GP and accessing primary care.
We know and appreciate that the commonwealth are investigating longer-term support for primary care, but we also know we need to act now to support healthcare systems across Australia’s two biggest states.Across the country, state and territory health systems are under pressure as a result of the pandemic and we need to boost support so communities can continue to access the care they need.
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