Peak medical bodies warn a plan to send non-urgent triple zero callers to GPs and chemists is a Band-Aid response to the crisis facing NSW ambulances, with urgent action needed to ease pressure across the health system.NSW Ambulance said it was reviewing an “alternate transport option” that would deliver non-emergency patients who call triple zero to healthcare services such as pharmacies.
“This notion of taxis … this is not a new concept it’s used in a lot of ambulance services around the country and world,” she said. “These are not patients that need an emergency ambulance. These patients might not be able to get themselves down to a chemist to fill a script … or to a GP. We think it’s a very sensible model.”
Royal Australian College of General Practitioners President Karen Price welcomed suggestions to deal with the huge pressure on the health system but cautioned against directing some triple zero non-urgent patients to general practices because most are already grappling with serious workforce shortages.“It does risk adding more pressure to overloaded general practices that have serious staff shortages and are dealing with huge numbers of patients with increasingly complex conditions,” Price said.
lucy_carroll Can we hold off on increasing the population until we get the health system sorted properly. The environment might enjoy the break as well.
lucy_carroll Or fund our health system properly.
lucy_carroll Band aid response. I get it. 👏
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