Labor’s urgent care centres are a step in the right direction – but not a panacea
- Written by Stephen Duckett, Honorary Enterprise Professor, School of Population and Global Health, and Department of General Practice, The University of Melbourne
Public hospital emergency departments in every state are overwhelmed, with ambulance ramping the most visible manifestation. Emergency department performance is deteriorating with fewer people being seen in a timely manner.
Labor, in its first major health election campaign announcement, has signalled it recognises the problem, and is offering an...
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