Is this a joke? GP discovers aged care hotline is actually a glass company
The government appears to have been giving out the wrong number for its aged care portal for three years
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GPs and patients are struggling to contact the Federal Government’s aged care hotline because health officials have been giving them the phone number for a company that repairs car windscreens.
The My Aged Care portal was created in 2013, and sold as a simple way for GPs and patients to discuss assessments for government-funded aged care packages.