Dominic Perrottet and Daniel Andrews say free clinics with extended hours will reduce pressure on hospital emergency departments
The Victorian premier, Daniel Andrews, and the New South Wales premier, Dominic Perrottet, said state-run clinics would complement a federal trial.The Victorian premier, Daniel Andrews, and the New South Wales premier, Dominic Perrottet, said state-run clinics would complement a federal trial.governments will each establish 25 urgent care clinics to ease the pressure on emergency departments, with the premiers of both states blaming a decline in GP bulk billing for exacerbating record demand.
“We know that because people can’t find a free bulk-billing doctor, the only free place to go for many is to go to the hospital, or perhaps wait [for care] longer than they would prefer to wait and their condition gets worse and worse,” Andrews said. “We are not here to pass the buck and shift the blame to the federal government,” he said. “But we need to work on reform.
In Victoria, 20 more clinics will be transformed in addition to an announcement earlier this month to turn five existing GP clinics in Ballarat, Clayton, Epping, Melbourne and Sunshine into priority care centres.to operate the facilities but Andrews on Tuesday said they would be using the current GP workforce., Alfred hospital, Austin hospital, Bendigo hospital and Werribee Mercy hospital. The remaining 10 clinic locations will be announced soon.
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