Government funds ‘urgent care’ centres despite GP competition fears
The Federal Government says it will spend $28 million to create new bulk-billing clinics
St John Ambulance service has been handed $28 million to set up four new “urgent care” clinics offering bulk-billed appointments, which critics say will compete directly with local GP clinics.
Funded by federal government, the clinics based in Perth will bill themselves as “high-quality, safe and timely alternate care pathways for unscheduled care”, with extended opening hours.
