Daniel Andrews and Dominic Perrottet call for reforms to Australia’s ‘broken’ primary care system
by Australian Associated Press from on (#67DNG)
Victorian premier says state-run hospitals should not be acting as safety nets because people cannot find a bulk-billing doctor'
Victorian and New South Wales have banded together to ramp up pressure on the federal government to overhaul Australia's ailing primary care network through national cabinet this year.
Visiting a newly opened urgent primary care clinic in Melbourne, the Victorian premier, Daniel Andrews, said state-run hospitals were too often acting as a safety net amid an ongoing shortage of bulk-billing general practitioners.
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