ACT Govt nurse clinic turned away patient with cellulitis without helping them find medical care, GP says
Dr Emily Rushton says she does not blame the nurses but the model of care.
A Canberra GP says the ACT’s nurse-run urgent care clinics are failing to properly support patients who present with conditions outside their scope.
Dr Emily Rushton says that one of her patients had cellulitis and presented to a nurse clinic when she was not working.
The patient was told to see an after-hours GP, which was the “right thing to do”, said Dr Rushton.
“However, there was no assistance for my patient with follow-up,” she told AusDoc.
