Investing in regional hospitals and health care
Redeveloped Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) Base at Mount Isa
The RFDS Mount Isa Base in Queensland received Government funding under the first regional-specific round of the Health and Hospitals Fund. The Mount Isa Base provides primary health care and medical services to the Northwest Queensland region.
This new primary care facility will enhance the vital services provided to the residents in the Northwest Queensland region.
In 2009–10 the medical services delivered from the Base included more than 7,500 patient consultations, approximately 1,800 immunisations and conducting over 900 medical clinics.
This round of the Health and Hospitals Fund includes $4.2 million for the Royal Flying Doctor Service in Charleville, Roma and the Pilbara and Kimberley regions.
Delivering 76 new health infrastructure projects
The Government is investing $475 million to deliver an additional 76 major regional health and hospital infrastructure projects across Australia.
This investment will help to ensure that all Australians have access to the health care they need, when and where they need it, by providing new and upgraded facilities, creating new beds and more services. This investment will also improve the clinical training capacity of regional hospitals to help attract, train and retain doctors and nurses in the bush.
Health and Hospitals Fund (HHF) funding of $2.8 million for the Narrogin General Dental Clinic will mean that the residents of Narrogin, Western Australia will now be able to access services locally rather than driving two to three hours for dental treatment.
This latest $475 million investment completes the $1.8 billion HHF Regional Priority Round announced in the 2011–12 Budget and forms part of the Government's total HHF investment of $5 billion since 2009.
Latest regional health infrastructure projects across Australia
