MIDLAND will have a new super GP clinic, one of three designated for metropolitan Perth, by early 2011.
Planning Minister John Day announced approval of the new clinic today, saying it would provide the Midland community with increased access to after-hours care and have a strong focus on preventive health care and health promotion.
“The clinic will provide a 'one-stop shop' for services that include general practice care, chronic disease management, allied health, diagnostic services and community-based specialist services, with the aim of reducing the need for hospital visits,” he said.
Mr Day said the clinic, to be located in one of the heritage-listed railway workshop buildings on the former Midland railway workshops site, was a great outcome for communities in the eastern corridor of Perth, the Wheatbelt and Goldfields, who used Midland as their primary service centre.
“As well as offering an exceptional service, the clinic will also generate employment opportunities, with an extensive team of doctors, specialists and allied health professionals expected to be employed within the clinic,” he said.
“The delivery of the Super GP Clinics, in addition to the Liberal-National Government's $84million Friend in Need Emergency (FINE) scheme which will help provide in-home care to up to 500 elderly and chronically ill people, will help our hospitals and health services to meet the challenge of an ageing population and the increasing demand for health care.”