Andrew Southcott (Boothby, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Primary Healthcare) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

asked the Minister for Health and Ageing, in writing, on 28 February 2011:

For each of the 64 locations of the GP Super Clinics, (a) is it classified as a District of Workforce Shortage on her department's database, (b) what is the Medicare utilisation data, (c) is the Medicare utilisation (i) above average in comparison with the national average, (ii) below average in comparison with the national average, and (iii) at the same level as the national average.

Nicola Roxon (Gellibrand, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Health and Ageing) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The answer to the honourable member's question is as follows:

(a) Refer to Attachment A. Noting that the locations for the GP Super Clinics were determined against five different criteria:

Poor access to health services;

Poor health infrastructure;

Where a GP Super Clinic could help take pressure off emergency departments;

High levels of chronic disease and/or populations with high needs, such as large numbers of children or the elderly; and

Areas currently experiencing, or anticipated to experience, rapid population growth.

(b) This information is confidential under the secrecy provisions (Section 130) of the Health Insurance Act 1973 as it would provide activity and billing information for individual medical practices.

(c) Refer to (b) above.

Attachment A