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GP Superclinics Rollout Commences

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Nicola Roxon has always had an emphasis on prevention.
The GP super clinic is aimed at preventing people having to enter the public hospital system in the first instance.
Public hospitals have been allowed to decay over the years, with chronic under-funding of services, and little infrastructure investment to sustain the services.
Problem is, pharmacy is not represented or presented with an opportunity to be part of the primary health system.
It appears the PGA has persuaded the government that they represent all pharmacists.
The fact is that 65% of pharmacists would like to be part of the new system, yet the government seems content to let this highly trained segment of pharmacy virtually go down the drain.
This single decision will put the pharmacy profession well behind the professional starting blocks, and the shame needs to be attached totally to PGA short-sightedness.
Source: theage.com.au
http://news.theage.com.au/breaking-news-national/work-on-super-clinic-begins-in-qld-20090714-dix5.html

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Work on super clinic begins in Qld

July 14, 2009 - 12:04AM

Construction of one of Queensland's first GP "super clinics" is underway at Strathpine, north of Brisbane.

The federal government is building 32 GP clinics across Australia at a cost of $275 million.

Nine clinics will be built in Queensland, including in Strathpine, Redcliffe and Ipswich in the southeast, Townsville in the north and Cairns in the far north.

Federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon says the clinic at Strathpine, to be completed by early 2010, will bring GPs, nurses and allied health professionals including podiatrists, dieticians and audiologists, under one roof.

"It will also provide bulk-billed services, including X-ray and pathology and will operate extended hours during the week and on weekends," Ms Roxon told reporters in Brisbane on Monday.

Ms Roxon said GP super clinics would also help close the gap in indigenous and non-indigenous health and life expectancy.

She also announced $5 million for a paediatric short stay unit at Caboolture Hospital to take pressure off the emergency department.

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