Shellharbour GP Super Clinic Boosts Local Health Care
The Shellharbour GP Super Clinic is paving the way for better access to GPs and allied health professionals with the doors opening this week.
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7 July 2011
The Shellharbour GP Super Clinic is paving the way for better access to GPs and allied health professionals with the doors opening this week.
Minister for Health and Ageing Nicola Roxon has welcomed the opening of the Clinic, Shell Cove Family Health, operated by the Illawarra Division of General Practice.
“The Shellharbour community will have access to an extended range of medical and allied health services delivered through team-based arrangements,” Minister Roxon said.
“Teams will include a GP, nurse, exercise physiologist, mental health nurse, clinical psychologist and a dietician will provide advice to patients with chronic conditions.
“The Clinic will also provide an alcohol and other drugs worker and will coordinate care of appropriate patients with a focus on young people and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Services will be targeted to identify local needs including asthma, diabetes, lung cancer, ischemic heart disease, smoking and obesity.
A formal opening ceremony will occur in the coming months to celebrate the opening of the new Shellharbour GP Super Clinic.
Minister Roxon said the new facility was part of the Gillard Government’s commitment to boost frontline GP and primary healthcare services to deliver tangible benefits to local communities.
The Gillard Government is making a significant investment in the GP Super Clinics program and has committed $528.2 million over six years from 2007-08 to build 64 GP Super Clinics around Australia.
This is on top of funding for approximately 425 Primary Care Infrastructure Grants to upgrade and extend existing general practices, primary care and community health services, and Aboriginal Medical Services.
For all media inquiries, please contact the Minister's Office on 0409 945 476
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