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5 January 2025
Pharmacy treatment aims to relieve GP shortage

WANGARATTA chemist owner Bruce Robertson has welcomed a plan by a re–elected Labor Government that will invest $19 million into a 12–month pilot program that will essentially give people quick and local healthcare for minor ailments instead of waiting for a GP.

Pharmacists will be reimbursed $20 per consultation under the plan, aimed to take pressure off general practitioners and hospital eme...

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