GP Super Clinic on the way for City of Hume
Residents of the City of Hume are the winners following the signing of a $7 million agreement between the AustralianGovernment and Dianella Community Health for a GP Super Clinic in Broadmeadows.
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The Hon Nicola Roxon MP
Minister for Health and Ageing
Maria Vamvakinou MP
Member for Calwell
31 May 2011Residents of the City of Hume are the winners today following the signing of a $7 million agreement between the Gillard Government and Dianella Community Health for a GP Super Clinic in Broadmeadows.
Minister for Health and Ageing Nicola Roxon and local Federal Member for Calwell Maria Vamvakinou welcomed the news as a win for Broadmeadows and the local area.
“This GP Super Clinic will deliver more doctors, more nurses, more allied health professionals and better access to health services for locals,” Minister Roxon said.
“The Gillard Government wants to make it easier for all Australians to see and contact a doctor, closer to home.
“National health reform will continue to deliver for Broadmeadows when this Clinic opens and starts to provide a new level of integrated, multidisciplinary, team-based, patient-centred healthcare all under one roof.”
Member for Calwell Maria Vamvakinou said that Dianella Community Health will establish the new GP Super Clinic, building on its record of working with local hospitals, local GPs and community organisations.
“This GP Super Clinic will bring together GPs, nurses, visiting medical specialists, allied health professionals and other health care providers and services.”
The Broadmeadows clinic is expected to include general practice, physiotherapy, dietetics, occupational therapy, podiatry, psychology, adult speech pathology and exercise physiology, with a strong emphasis on chronic disease care.
The clinic will have a role in training and educating the future health workforce as it will focus on training and education for medical and nursing students and support training in medical-related disciplines for people from disadvantaged groups, such as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and refugees.
“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,” Minister Roxon said.
“We have also funded around 425 Primary Care Infrastructure Grants to upgrade and extend existing general practices, primary care and community health services, and Aboriginal Medical Services."
31 GP Super Clinics are either operational, providing early services or under construction.
For all media inquiries, please contact the Minister's Office on 62777 220
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