Nurses, paramedics and allied health professionals will soon be included in the delivery of primary care as Medicare faces the biggest overhaul in its 40-year history. auspol 7NEWS
>>“Too many people are turning up at emergency departments because they can’t get access to a GP and to primary health care,” he said on Monday.“Someone going to a GP or someone getting that immediate assistance, if they don’t get it, what they end up getting is being in hospital, turning up at the emergency department and that costs much more,” he said.
It has taken aim at the cut to subsidised mental health care, waiting lists for surgery at public hospitals and declining bulk billing rates.“Anthony Albanese promised to leave no one behind but when it comes to healthcare that is exactly what he is doing,” she said. Opposition health spokeswoman Anne Ruston also raised doubts about the scheduled delivery of urgent care clinics, which are being rolled out to ease pressure on local doctors.
“We still don’t know the exact locations of these clinics, bringing to question if they will even be delivered at all,” she said.
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