Palmerston GP Super Clinic Brings Care Closer to Home

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Joint Release

The Hon Nicola Roxon MP
Minister for Health and Ageing

Senator Trish Crossin
Senator for Northern Territory

The Hon Paul Henderson MLA
Northern Territory
Chief Minister

The Hon Kon Vatskalis
Health Minister

Getting health care closer to home is easier for Palmerston residents, the Minister for Health and Ageing, Nicola Roxon, told locals as she toured the Palmerston GP Super Clinic today.

The GP Super Clinics program is at the heart of the Gillard Government’s efforts to make it easier for Australians to see and contact a doctor when they need to.

“The Palmerston GP Super Clinic, in its new premises, commenced day services in October 2010 and has been increasing services ever since, with more to come on line over the coming months.

“This GP Super Clinic has been providing services since the opening of urgent after-hours services in December 2008, in fact the GP Super Clinic has provided over 20,000 consultations to date.

“The clinic, situated within the Palmerston Health Precinct will also play a key role in training our future doctors with students from the Charles Darwin and Flinders universities, allowing medicine students to work alongside qualified GPs, gaining invaluable knowledge ‘at the coalface’ of their profession,” Minister Roxon said.

Northern Territory Senator Trish Crossin said it was wonderful key health investments were making a real difference for people in the top end.

“The Gillard Government has delivered a wonderful service to the people of Palmerston, who want health care where they live. To date the early services and new clinic have provided over 20,000 services to local residents, and there are more services still to come on line.

“The Palmerston GP Super Clinic is providing a range of much needed local services including general practice, nursing, physiotherapy, dietetics, family health, skin care and immunisation,” Senator Crossin said.

Northern Territory Minister for Health Kon Vatskalis said, “We’re currently in negotiations with the operators of the clinic to move Northern Territory Health services into the centre, including mental health services, and bring the urgent after-hours care into the new GP Super Clinic building.”

The Palmerston GP Super Clinic is run by FCD Health, a consortia consisting of Flinders and Charles Darwin universities. The Palmerston GP Super Clinic will open from 8am to 6pm, Monday to Friday and will commence weekend service in the coming months.

Urgent after-hours services, funded by the Northern Territory Government, are available at all other times in the Palmerston Health Precinct. Negotiations are currently underway between FCD Health and the Northern Territory Health Department to move the urgent after-hours services into the new Palmerston GP Super Clinic building.

The Gillard Government is making a significant investment in the GP Super Clinics program and has committed $528 million to build 64 GP Super Clinics around Australia, including $5 million for another GP Super Clinic in Darwin’s northern suburbs.

For more information, contact Ms Roxon’s Office: (02) 6277 7220