URGENT CARE CLINICS 526. Ms M.J. DAVIES to the Minister for Health: Thank you, minister. I have a supplementary question. Can the minister confirm today that the pilot of the urgent care clinic rollou

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26 June 2019
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URGENT CARE CLINICS
526. Ms M.J. DAVIES to the Minister for Health:
Thank you, minister. I have a supplementary
question. Can the minister confirm today that the pilot of the urgent care
clinic rollout he referred to yesterday will take place in Perth?

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As
the member would expect, the predominant activity that we will be looking at in
the pilot program will be in the metropolitan area. That is where we
have the biggest issues with emergency departments and population centres. It
is fairly straightforward and commonsense for the main activity with urgent
care clinics to be in the metropolitan area, particularly during the pilot
phase. As the member observed, we have a policy to also make sure that patients
in our regions are put first as well. We will make sure that regional patients
are part of our urgent care policy.

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