Victoria's urgent care clinics fail to ease hospital pressure despite millions spent
Victoria's 38 urgent care clinics are failing to relieve hospital pressure despite costing taxpayers millions, emergency doctors warn. The federally funded centers diverted only 1-2 percent of emergency department patients while emergency arrivals rose 4.4 percent since their 2023 opening. Doctors argue the billions spent would have been better invested in GP services and hospital.
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Published 01 Aug 2026, 09:00 UTC · Updated 01 Aug 2026, 09:10 UTC
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