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Australian Teletrial Program webinar: A radical innovation for regional, rural and remote medicine
21 Mar 2025
Featured Post
General Practice
Join Dr Norman Swan and a panel of experts for a dive into the Australian Teletrial Program (ATP) and how it aims to help tackle geographical health inequity. This free webinar is RACGP and ACRRM accredited.
Queensland Health Open Hospitals website lets you view real-time hospital emergency department waiting times
19 Feb 2025
Community health
General Practice
Queensland Health launches the Open Hospitals website to provide Queenslanders with easy online access to real-time emergency department wait times. Read on to learn more.
Name change: Satellite hospitals become satellite health centres
06 Feb 2025
General Practice
Community health
Allied health
After consultation with health experts, satellite hospitals have been renamed satellite health centres. These centres continue to deliver minor injury and illness care and outpatient services.
Brisbane’s new Find Care Fast website — helping consumers navigate healthcare service options
10 Dec 2024
General Practice
PHN news
Allied health
Community health
The new FindCareFast website helps patients navigate a range of available healthcare options. Read on to see how FindCareFast can help your patients find the right care, at the right time, at the right place.
Oxley Medicare Urgent Care Clinic opens to provide free urgent care to communities in south-west Brisbane
03 Dec 2024
PHN news
General Practice
Residents in south-west Brisbane, including Inala, Darra and surrounding areas now have greater access to free, walk-in care for urgent medical conditions with the opening of Oxley Medicare Urgent Care Clinic (UCC).
Virtual Emergency Care Service can help your patients avoid waiting in an Emergency Department
13 Sep 2024
General Practice
The Virtual Emergency Care Service (VECS) to give primary healthcare providers access to specialist emergency medicine (EM) advice, by telephone or video conferencing, with a senior EM physician.
Federal Representatives visit South Brisbane Medicare Urgent Care Clinic as service nears one-year milestone
09 Sep 2024
General Practice
Brisbane South PHN welcomed Senator Murray Watt and Renee Coffey, Labor Candidate for Griffith, to tour the South Brisbane Medicare Urgent Care Clinic (UCC), almost one-year on from their opening.
Expressions of interest now open: New Medicare Urgent Care Clinic (Inala area)
09 Jul 2024
General Practice
PHN news
Expressions of interest (EOI) are now open to operate the new Medicare UCC. Accredited general practices and Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services can submit an EOI by 12pm midday, Monday 5 August 2024.
Brisbane South PHN welcomes federal government announcement of a new Medicare Urgent Care Clinic for the region
02 Jul 2024
General Practice
PHN news
A new Medicare Urgent Care Clinic (UCC) will open in the Inala area, south-west of Brisbane. The new clinic will operate 7 days a week, from 8am to 10pm, for walk-in treatment of urgent conditions. Learn more here.
Eight Mile Plains Satellite Hospital opening soon
22 Apr 2024
General Practice
Community health
The new Eight Mile Plains Satellite Hospital is expected to open Monday 27 May 2024 and includes a Minor Illness and Injury Clinic open 7 Days a week for walk-in treatment of urgent conditions. Learn more, here.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese visits South Brisbane Medicare Urgent Care Clinic
01 Nov 2023
General Practice
UQ Health Care and Brisbane South PHN were pleased to welcome Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to the new South Brisbane Medicare Urgent Care Clinic (UCC). The clinic will start seeing patients 23 October 2023.