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 14 September 2011:

In respect of each operational clinic under the GP Super Clinics Program, what (a) is the total number of (i) medical professionals, and (ii) allied health professionals, providing services, (b) are the hours of operation, and (c) is the bulk billing policy.

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) As at end September 2011 there were fifteen operational clinics.

The Department of Health and Ageing reports on workforce data from GP Super Clinics at an aggregated level rather than releasing data at the individual Clinic level.

Please note that the numbers reported by the Clinics for the workforce providing services at each operational clinic are presented as full time equivalents (FTE). The number of individuals comprising this workforce is substantially greater.

(i) As at end September 2011, there were a total of 93.8 FTE general practitioners providing services at the fifteen operational clinics. The number of specialists providing services at the GP Super Clinics will fluctuate from time to time as the needs of the local community fluctuate. Information on specialist medical services available at operational GP Super Clinics is available on the Department's GP Super Clinics website at:

http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/pacd-gpsuperclinics

Information will be available for those GP Super Clinics that have been operational for a minimum of four months. The four month timeframe allows for a period of settling in by the Clinic.

(ii) As at end September 2011, the fifteen operational clinics reported that a total of 108.0 FTE allied health professionals and nursing staff were providing a wide range of health care services for their local communities.

(b) and (c)

Information on the hours of operation and bulk billing policy for individual GP Super Clinics is available on the Department's GP Super Clinics website at:

http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/pacd-gpsuperclinics

Information will be available for those GP Super Clinics that have been operational for a minimum of four months. The four month timeframe allows for a period of settling in by the Clinic.

The hours of operation and bulk billing policy (as end September 2011) for the four sites that became operational between 1 June and 30 September 2011 are set out in the following table: