GPs excluded as govt signs $7 million deal for nurse-led urgent care clinics

The government ignored calls for a tender process, says AMA ACT.
Sarah Simpkins
Dr Kerrie Aust.

A Medicare urgent care centre contract worth $7.1 million has gone to five nurse-led walk-in clinics with no plans to recruit any GPs.

The ACT Government–funded clinics, staffed by nurses and nurse practitioners, treat around 300 Canberrans a day for minor ailments like gastroenteritis, respiratory infections and simple fractures.