New GP Super Clinic in Blue Mountains
The Rudd Government has signed a contract with Balance! Healthcare to run the $5 million Blue Mountains GP Super Clinic.
Balance! Healthcare will also make a significant private investment in the development of the GP Super Clinic across 10 individual sites. The main hub will be located in Springwood, with additional general practice and allied health services in Katoomba and Blackheath.
Six further sites offering allied health services will be located across the mountain between Blackheath and Blaxland. In addition, medical specialist services will be provided at Katoomba.
The facilities will bring together GPs, specialists, allied health professionals, pharmacy, radiology, pathology, rehabilitation, dental, physiotherapy and psychology all connected through a single IT system.
The Blue Mountains GP Super Clinic will have a focus on chronic disease management amongst the local community. It is also anticipated that the GP Super Clinic will help to take pressure off the Emergency Departments in the Nepean and Blue Mountains District ANZAC Memorial Hospitals.
Construction of the buildings and IT infrastructure is scheduled to start by mid-2009, with the main hub at Springwood to be operational early in the second half of 2010. GP Super Clinics will play an important role in improving frontline health services in communities across the Blue Mountains.
