Reliance Medical Chosen to Provide Central Coast GP Super Clinic
Better access to GPs and allied health professionals has come a step closer for the people of the Central Coast following the signing of a $7 million agreement for a GP Super Clinic.
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The Hon Mark Butler MP
Acting Minister for Health and Ageing
Deborah O'Neill MP
Member for Robertson
27 July 2011 The Gillard Government has brought better access to GPs and allied health professionals a step closer for the people of the Central Coast today, following the signing of a $7 million agreement for a GP Super Clinic, through a competitive tender process.
Acting Minister for Health and Ageing Mark Butler today welcomed the signing of the $7 million agreement with Reliance GP Super Clinic Pty Ltd of Wyoming as a welcome boost to health care on the southern end of the Central Coast.
“This GP Super Clinic will deliver better access to co-ordinated health services for locals,” Mr Butler said.
“The Gillard Government wants to make it easier for all Australians to see and contact a doctor and GP Super Clinics around the country are making this happen.”
The Member for Robertson, Deb O’Neill, who secured the funding commitment for the GP Super Clinic during the 2010 election campaign, warmly welcomed the announcement.
“This is an important step to providing greater access to medical care for the people of the Central Coast,” said Ms O’Neill.
“Reliance will establish a new GP Super Clinic, building on its record of working with local hospitals, local GPs and community organisations.”
“Reliance is also planning to develop an outreach clinic on the Bouddi Peninsula, which currently has no medical services at all, subject to the availability of appropriate commercially zoned land.
“South Central Coast GP Super Clinic will provide integrated, multidisciplinary, team-based, patient-centred health care under one roof. It will take pressure off other GP services across the southern end of the Coast.
“Patients at the new GP Super Clinic will be able to access care from GPs, nurses, and allied health professionals.
“Importantly the new Super Clinic will help take pressure off our local hospital.
“The South Central Coast Clinic will have a strong emphasis on chronic disease and preventive health care and plans to bring together general practice, physiotherapy, dietetics, podiatry, psychology, speech pathology, audiology, hearing, exercise physiology, diabetes, pathology, pharmacy and radiology,” said Ms O’Neill.
Mr Butler said that the GP Super Clinic would play an important role in training the next generation of local health professionals.
“The South Central Coast GP Super Clinic will have a focus on training and education for medical, nursing and allied health students, and act as a major site for GP registrar training,” said Mr Butler.
“Training the new healthcare workforce here on the Central Coast will help build up the numbers of GPs and other health professionals in the workforce so we can meet the needs of Central Coast residents,” added Ms O’Neill.
The Gillard Government is making a significant investment in the GP Super Clinics program and has committed $650 million to build 64 GP Super Clinics and upgrade around 425 existing general practices, primary care and community health services, and Aboriginal Medical Services across Australia. 31 GP Super Clinics are now either open, providing early services, or under construction.
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