An extra $25 billion for Australia’s hospitals over 5 years, $700 million for Tasmania, has done the trick in ending a long winded stand off over funding.
State and territory leaders have accepted the latest offer at the Prime Minister’s national cabinet meeting today.
Tasmania’s Premier noting that part of the agreement is to find long term care for elderly patients currently stuck in hospitals with nowhere to go.
“Older patients has been a particular focus of states and territories leading up to the agreement that was signed today.”
Jeremy Rockliff also acknowledging other areas of federal health spending.
“All Premiers and Chief Ministers acknowledge the uplift in support for Medicare and primary health care more broadly as committed to at the last federal election which is welcome and certainly the investment in Urgent Care Centres is playing out well.”
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