ACT Govt nurse clinic turned away patient with cellulitis without helping them find medical care, GP says

Dr Emily Rushton says she does not blame the nurses but the model of care.
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Dr Emily Rushton.

A Canberra GP says the ACT’s nurse-run urgent care clinics are failing to properly support patients who present with conditions outside their scope.

Dr Emily Rushton says that one of her patients had cellulitis and presented to a nurse clinic when she was not working.