Medicare Locals

In 2011, the Government established new organisations, Medicare Locals, to plan and fund extra health services in communities across Australia.
To ensure decisions about health services could be made by local communities in line with local needs, Medicare Locals were created as local organisations - 61 of them Australia-wide.
Medicare Locals are working with GPs and other primary health care providers to ensure all Australians, regardless of where they live, can access effective primary health care services.

For more information on Medicare Locals, visit the new website at www.medicarelocals.gov.au

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