Our health system is facing significant challenges.
We have a serious shortage of GPs. Under Labor, the GP bulk billing rate has dropped 11 per cent and 372,000 Australians are going without the affordable mental health support they need.
A Dutton Government will:
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- Guarantee the growing funding of Medicare.
- Support Australians to receive healthcare in a timely way wherever they live.
- Invest $9.4 billion into general practice and mental health to restore Medicare bulk billing and ensure all Australians have affordable access to healthcare.
- Grow our GP workforce through new incentive payments, entitlements and training support.
- Restore the number of Medicare-subsidised mental health sessions from 10 to 20 on a permanent basis.
- Support Australians to access suicide prevention services.
- Build on our historical work in Government to support women’s health through developing new endometriosis and pelvic pain clinics.
- Invest in cancer treatments, such as specialist cancer nurses to support Australians with Ovarian Cancer – the deadliest cancer affecting women.
- Invest in cutting-edge medical research to drive treatment breakthroughs and advancements for Australians.
- Deliver new investments in best-practice training for health professionals to address women’s health issues, including endometriosis, menopause and peri-menopause.
- Support regional health worker attraction, recruitment and retention initiatives.
- Ensuring cheaper medicines and targeted healthcare for women through a specific review to ensure they are able to get the best quality care when they need it most.
- Deliver cheaper medicines by reducing the PBS general co-payment to $25.
These priorities will ensure we deliver quality healthcare.