RACGP’s failure to back urgent care clinics is one of my great disappointments, Mark Butler says

Urgent care clinics aside, Mr Butler had plenty of praise for the outgoing RACGP president.
Minister for Health and Aged Care Mark Butler.

Mark Butler says that his encounters with outgoing RACGP president Dr Nicole Higgins were “an absolute pleasure” — with one exception.

“One of my great disappointments is that I haven’t yet convinced you [Dr Higgins] of the merit of the urgent care clinic network program,” the Minister for Health and Aged Care said at the RACGP’s national conference today.