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Our Plan to get Australia back on track

We will deliver quality healthcare

Peter Dutton and Anne Ruston

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:

    • Guarantee the growing funding of Medicare.
    • Support Australians to receive healthcare in a timely way wherever they live.
    • Invest $9 billion into general practice 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.
    • Continue support for the timely access to medicines through community pharmacies.

These priorities will ensure we deliver quality healthcare.

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