The Hon Emma McBride MP

Young people in Shellharbour in need of mental health care and support are now able to access services at headspace Shellharbour, which is now open.

The Medicare Mental Health Centre in Cessnock is providing a safe and welcoming place for locals to get mental health information, services and support.

Read Assistant Minister McBride's speech to the Mental Health Australia Members Policy Forum

The Medicare Urgent Care Clinic in Cessnock, NSW is delivering quality patient care while taking pressure off the local hospital.

Read the transcript from Assistant Minister McBride's doorstop on the Cessnock Medicare Urgent Care Clinic, Medicare Mental Health Centres and Medicare Urgent Care Clinics.

More social workers, occupational therapists and psychology students and graduates are training and starting their careers where they are needed the most through the Australian Government’s headspace Early Career Program (ECP).

Central Queenslanders will soon have a safe and welcoming place when they need extra support with their mental health.

The Australian Government is boosting support for the successful Rockhampton Medicare Urgent Care Clinic so more locals can get quality, walk-in and fully bulk billed care.

Read the transcript from Assistant Minister McBride's interview on ABC Capricornia which covered Rockhampton's new Medicare Mental Health Centre, Medicare Urgent Care Clinics and the health workforce.

More medical students will be trained and encouraged to work in Central Queensland with the Australian Government investing $8.8 million to fund an expanded University of Queensland (UQ) medical school program in Rockhampton, in partnership with Central Queensland University.